#176F7F#176F7F

#176F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.081 H 213.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#176F7F
RGB	rgb(23, 111, 127)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, -18.83, -15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 24.69, 220.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0678 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.081 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8669, 13.0821, 22.0796)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#176F7F #7F2717

analogous

#177F5B #176F7F #173B7F

triadic

#176F7F #7F176F #6F7F17

tetradic

#176F7F #5B177F #7F2717 #3B7F17

square

#176F7F #5B177F #7F2717 #3B7F17

split-complementary

#176F7F #7F173B #7F5B17

monochromatic

#05171A #0E424B #176F7F #209CB3 #36C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#176F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#176F7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #176F7F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##176F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##176F7F	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55617F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #176f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 111, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.081 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a4',
    500: '#176f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #176f7f;
$custom-light: #6898a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#176f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5002,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#176F7F

secondary

#B4503E

accent

#573CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #176F7F

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

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