#176E70#176E70

#176E70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.077 H 197.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E70
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 112)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, -23.37, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 24.79, 199.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.12% -0.0737 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(49.12% 0.077 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8526, 12.5028, 17.2728)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E70 #701917

analogous

#177046 #176E70 #174270

triadic

#176E70 #70176E #6E7017

tetradic

#176E70 #461770 #701917 #427017

square

#176E70 #461770 #701917 #427017

split-complementary

#176E70 #701742 #704617

monochromatic

#051919 #0D3C3D #176E70 #21A0A3 #2DD0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#176E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#176E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E70

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E70	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.077 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669899',
    500: '#176e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e70;
$custom-light: #669899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.348,
    "s": 65.926,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49123,
    "c": 0.07716,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E70

secondary

#A63F3D

accent

#433FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E70

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

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