#176F79#176F79

#176F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.079 H 206.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F79
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 121)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, -20.90, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 24.46, 211.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% -0.0705 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.079 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4875, 12.9303, 20.0812)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F79 #792117

analogous

#177952 #176F79 #173E79

triadic

#176F79 #79176F #6F7917

tetradic

#176F79 #521779 #792117 #3E7917

square

#176F79 #521779 #792117 #3E7917

split-complementary

#176F79 #79173E #795217

monochromatic

#05181A #0D4046 #176F79 #219EAC #32C7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#176F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#176F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F79

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F79	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.079 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67989f',
    500: '#176f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f79;
$custom-light: #67989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4976,
    "c": 0.07888,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F79

secondary

#AE493E

accent

#4F3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F79

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

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