#176E6E#176E6E

#176E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.077 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E6E
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 110)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.94, -24.02, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.94, 25.06, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% -0.0746 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.077 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7425, 12.4587, 16.6928)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E6E #6E1717

analogous

#176E42 #176E6E #17426E

triadic

#176E6E #6E176E #6E6E17

tetradic

#176E6E #42176E #6E1717 #426E17

square

#176E6E #42176E #6E1717 #426E17

split-complementary

#176E6E #6E1742 #6E4217

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3B3B #176E6E #22A1A1 #2CD3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#176E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#176E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E6E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E6E	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.077 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669897',
    500: '#176e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e6e;
$custom-light: #669897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49045,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E6E

secondary

#A43D3D

accent

#3F3FE8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E6E

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

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