#176E7A#176E7A

#176E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.079 H 209.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E7A
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, -20.02, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 24.29, 214.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.069 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.079 209)
XYZ	xyz(9.4406, 12.7380, 20.3697)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E7A #7A2317

analogous

#177A54 #176E7A #173C7A

triadic

#176E7A #7A176E #6E7A17

tetradic

#176E7A #54177A #7A2317 #3C7A17

square

#176E7A #54177A #7A2317 #3C7A17

split-complementary

#176E7A #7A173C #7A5417

monochromatic

#05171A #0D4047 #176E7A #219CAD #33C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#176E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#176E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E7A

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E7A	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56607A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.079 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a0',
    500: '#176e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e7a;
$custom-light: #6798a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49536,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.12739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E7A

secondary

#AF4C3E

accent

#523DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E7A

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

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