#176F7E#176F7E

#176F7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.081 H 212.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F7E
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 126)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, -19.18, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 24.62, 218.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% -0.0683 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.081 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8020, 13.0562, 21.7381)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F7E #7E2617

analogous

#177E5A #176F7E #173C7E

triadic

#176F7E #7E176F #6F7E17

tetradic

#176F7E #5A177E #7E2617 #3C7E17

square

#176F7E #5A177E #7E2617 #3C7E17

split-complementary

#176F7E #7E173C #7E5A17

monochromatic

#05171A #0E414A #176F7E #209DB2 #35C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#176F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#176F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F7E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F7E	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.081 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a3',
    500: '#176f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f7e;
$custom-light: #6898a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.738,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49976,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F7E

secondary

#B34F3E

accent

#553CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F7E

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

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