#176E6B#176E6B

#176E6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.078 H 191.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E6B
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 107)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, -24.98, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 25.58, 192.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% -0.0761 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.078 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5819, 12.3945, 15.8471)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E6B #6E171A

analogous

#176E3F #176E6B #17456E

triadic

#176E6B #6B176E #6E6B17

tetradic

#176E6B #3F176E #6E171A #456E17

square

#176E6B #3F176E #6E171A #456E17

split-complementary

#176E6B #6E1745 #6E3F17

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3B3A #176E6B #22A19C #2CD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#176E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#176E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E6B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E6B	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67686B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.078 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659895',
    500: '#176e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e6b;
$custom-light: #659895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48931,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E6B

secondary

#A43D40

accent

#3F45E8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E6B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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