#176F78#176F78

#176F78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.079 H 205.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F78
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 120)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, -21.24, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 24.47, 209.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% -0.071 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.079 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4264, 12.9059, 19.7599)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F78 #782017

analogous

#177850 #176F78 #173E78

triadic

#176F78 #78176F #6F7817

tetradic

#176F78 #501778 #782017 #3E7817

square

#176F78 #501778 #782017 #3E7817

split-complementary

#176F78 #78173E #785017

monochromatic

#05181A #0D3F45 #176F78 #219FAB #32C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#176F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#176F78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F78

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F78	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.079 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67989f',
    500: '#176f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f78;
$custom-light: #67989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.567,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49718,
    "c": 0.07862,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F78

secondary

#AD483E

accent

#4D3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F78

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

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