#176F7B#176F7B

#176F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.080 H 208.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F7B
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 123)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, -20.21, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 24.48, 214.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0696 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.08 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6114, 12.9799, 20.7339)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F7B #7B2317

analogous

#177B55 #176F7B #173D7B

triadic

#176F7B #7B176F #6F7B17

tetradic

#176F7B #55177B #7B2317 #3D7B17

square

#176F7B #55177B #7B2317 #3D7B17

split-complementary

#176F7B #7B173D #7B5517

monochromatic

#05171A #0D4047 #176F7B #219EAF #33C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#176F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#176F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F7B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F7B	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57617B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.080 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a1',
    500: '#176f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f7b;
$custom-light: #6798a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49845,
    "c": 0.0795,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F7B

secondary

#B04C3E

accent

#513CEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F7B

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

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