#176E7E#176E7E

#176E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.081 H 213.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176E7E
RGB	rgb(23, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, -18.64, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 24.52, 220.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% -0.0672 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.081 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6935, 12.8392, 21.7019)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176E7E #7E2717

analogous

#177E5B #176E7E #173B7E

triadic

#176E7E #7E176E #6E7E17

tetradic

#176E7E #5B177E #7E2717 #3B7E17

square

#176E7E #5B177E #7E2717 #3B7E17

split-complementary

#176E7E #7E173B #7E5B17

monochromatic

#05171A #0E414A #176E7E #209BB2 #35C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#176E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#176E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176E7E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176E7E	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.081 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a3',
    500: '#176e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176e7e;
$custom-light: #6897a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49711,
    "c": 0.0806,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176E7E

secondary

#B3503E

accent

#573CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176E7E

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

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