#176E79#176E79

#176E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.079 H 207.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E79
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 9.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, -20.36, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 24.27, 212.97°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% -0.0695 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.079 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3790, 12.7133, 20.0451)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E79 #792217

analogous

#177953 #176E79 #173D79

triadic

#176E79 #79176E #6E7917

tetradic

#176E79 #531779 #792217 #3D7917

square

#176E79 #531779 #792217 #3D7917

split-complementary

#176E79 #79173D #795317

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3F46 #176E79 #219DAC #32C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#176E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#176E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E79

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E79	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64697A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.079 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67989f',
    500: '#176e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e79;
$custom-light: #67989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.735,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49493,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E79

secondary

#AE4A3E

accent

#503DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E79

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

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