Recognised as Colour
#176B48
- #176B48
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Sea green
#176B48 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 107, 72 and HSL 155°, 65%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.
Colour values
#176B48#176B48
HEX#176B48
RGBrgb(23, 107, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4196, 0.2824
RGB percentages9%, 42%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(155, 64.6%, 25.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155, 78.5%, 42%)
CMYK78.5%, 0%, 32.7%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,534,792
CSS custom property--colour: #176B48;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.11165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.5:1
Contrast with white6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#E894B7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6B173A
Analogous#176B1E, #17646B
Triadic#48176B, #6B4817
Split complementary#6B1764, #6B1E17
Tetradic#1E176B, #6B173A, #646B17
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R23
G107
B72
Red23 (9%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue155°
Saturation (HSL)64.62%
Lightness25.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G 6B · B 48
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