#176E7D#176E7D

#176E7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.080 H 212.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E7D
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 125)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 12%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, -18.98, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 24.44, 219.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% -0.0677 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.08 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6293, 12.8135, 21.3638)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E7D #7D2617

analogous

#177D59 #176E7D #173B7D

triadic

#176E7D #7D176E #6E7D17

tetradic

#176E7D #59177D #7D2617 #3B7D17

square

#176E7D #59177D #7D2617 #3B7D17

split-complementary

#176E7D #7D173B #7D5917

monochromatic

#05171A #0D4149 #176E7D #219BB1 #35C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#176E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#176E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E7D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E7D	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.080 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a2',
    500: '#176e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e7d;
$custom-light: #6898a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49667,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E7D

secondary

#B24F3E

accent

#563CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E7D

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

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