#176E72#176E72

#176E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.077 H 199.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E72
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, -22.72, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 24.57, 202.41°)
OKLab	oklab(49.2% -0.0727 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(49.2% 0.077 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9652, 12.5478, 17.8658)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E72 #721B17

analogous

#177249 #176E72 #174172

triadic

#176E72 #72176E #6E7217

tetradic

#176E72 #491772 #721B17 #417217

square

#176E72 #491772 #721B17 #417217

split-complementary

#176E72 #721741 #724917

monochromatic

#051919 #0D3D3F #176E72 #219FA5 #2ECED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#176E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#176E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E72

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E72	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.077 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989a',
    500: '#176e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e72;
$custom-light: #66989a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.637,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49203,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E72

secondary

#A8423D

accent

#463EE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E72

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

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