#176F72#176F72

#176F72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.078 H 198.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F72
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 114)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, -23.24, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 24.87, 200.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.47% -0.0738 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(49.47% 0.078 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0737, 12.7648, 17.9020)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F72 #721A17

analogous

#177248 #176F72 #174272

triadic

#176F72 #72176F #6F7217

tetradic

#176F72 #481772 #721A17 #427217

square

#176F72 #481772 #721A17 #427217

split-complementary

#176F72 #721742 #724817

monochromatic

#051919 #0D3D3F #176F72 #21A1A5 #2ECFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#176F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#176F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F72

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F72	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.078 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989a',
    500: '#176f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f72;
$custom-light: #66989a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.978,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49473,
    "c": 0.07779,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F72

secondary

#A8413D

accent

#443EE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F72

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

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