#176F6F#176F6F

#176F6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.078 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F6F
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 111)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 0%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, -24.21, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 25.26, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% -0.0752 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.078 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9057, 12.6976, 17.0174)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F6F #6F1717

analogous

#176F43 #176F6F #17436F

triadic

#176F6F #6F176F #6F6F17

tetradic

#176F6F #43176F #6F1717 #436F17

square

#176F6F #43176F #6F1717 #436F17

split-complementary

#176F6F #6F1743 #6F4317

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3C3C #176F6F #22A2A2 #2DD3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#176F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#176F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F6F

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F6F	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.078 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669898',
    500: '#176f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f6f;
$custom-light: #669898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49355,
    "c": 0.07785,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F6F

secondary

#A53D3D

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F6F

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

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