#176F5E#176F5E

#176F5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.084 H 176.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F5E
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 94)
HSL	hsl(168, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(168, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 15.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.78, -29.41, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.78, 29.50, 175.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% -0.0837 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.084 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0571, 12.3582, 12.5482)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F5E #6F1728

analogous

#176F32 #176F5E #17546F

triadic

#176F5E #5E176F #6F5E17

tetradic

#176F5E #32176F #6F1728 #546F17

square

#176F5E #32176F #6F1728 #546F17

split-complementary

#176F5E #6F1754 #6F3217

monochromatic

#051915 #0C3C33 #176F5E #22A289 #2DD3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#176F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#176F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F5E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F5E	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.084 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64998b',
    500: '#176f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f5e;
$custom-light: #64998b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.409,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48754,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F5E

secondary

#A53D51

accent

#3F60E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F5E

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

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