#176F6B#176F6B

#176F6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.078 H 190.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F6B
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 107)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(177, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, -25.49, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 25.97, 191.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.2% -0.0772 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(49.2% 0.078 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6904, 12.6115, 15.8833)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F6B #6F171B

analogous

#176F3F #176F6B #17476F

triadic

#176F6B #6B176F #6F6B17

tetradic

#176F6B #3F176F #6F171B #476F17

square

#176F6B #3F176F #6F171B #476F17

split-complementary

#176F6B #6F1747 #6F3F17

monochromatic

#051918 #0C3C3A #176F6B #22A29C #2DD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#176F6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#176F6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F6B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F6B	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.078 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659995',
    500: '#176f6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f6b;
$custom-light: #659995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49204,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F6B

secondary

#A53D42

accent

#3F47E9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F6B

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

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