#176E6F#176E6F

#176E6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.077 H 196.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E6F
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 111)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, -23.70, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 24.92, 198.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% -0.0741 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.077 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7972, 12.4806, 16.9812)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E6F #6F1817

analogous

#176F44 #176E6F #17426F

triadic

#176E6F #6F176E #6E6F17

tetradic

#176E6F #44176F #6F1817 #426F17

square

#176E6F #44176F #6F1817 #426F17

split-complementary

#176E6F #6F1742 #6F4417

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3C3C #176E6F #22A0A2 #2DD2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#176E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#176E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E6F

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E6F	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.077 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669898',
    500: '#176e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e6f;
$custom-light: #669898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.682,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49084,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E6F

secondary

#A53E3D

accent

#413FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E6F

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

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