#176F59#176F59

#176F59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.087 H 171.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F59
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 89)
HSL	hsl(165, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(165, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 19.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, -30.81, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 31.24, 170.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% -0.0863 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.087 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8400, 12.2714, 11.4047)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F59 #6F172D

analogous

#176F2D #176F59 #17596F

triadic

#176F59 #59176F #6F5917

tetradic

#176F59 #2D176F #6F172D #596F17

square

#176F59 #2D176F #6F172D #596F17

split-complementary

#176F59 #6F1759 #6F2D17

monochromatic

#051914 #0C3C30 #176F59 #22A282 #2DD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#176F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#176F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F59

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F59	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.087 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649987',
    500: '#176f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f59;
$custom-light: #649987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48598,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F59

secondary

#A53D57

accent

#3F6AE9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F59

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

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