#176F5F#176F5F

#176F5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.083 H 177.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F5F
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 95)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, -29.12, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 29.17, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% -0.0832 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.083 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1023, 12.3763, 12.7861)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F5F #6F1727

analogous

#176F33 #176F5F #17536F

triadic

#176F5F #5F176F #6F5F17

tetradic

#176F5F #33176F #6F1727 #536F17

square

#176F5F #33176F #6F1727 #536F17

split-complementary

#176F5F #6F1753 #6F3317

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3C34 #176F5F #22A28A #2DD3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#176F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#176F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F5F

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F5F	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A685E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.083 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64998c',
    500: '#176f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f5f;
$custom-light: #64998c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48787,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F5F

secondary

#A53D50

accent

#3F5EE9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F5F

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

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