Colour
#176D60
- #176D60
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#176D60 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 109, 96 and HSL 171°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#176D60#176D60
HEX#176D60
RGBrgb(23, 109, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.4275, 0.3765
RGB percentages9%, 42.7%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(170.9, 65.2%, 25.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 78.9%, 42.7%)
CMYK78.9%, 0%, 11.9%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,535,328
CSS custom property--colour: #176D60;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.11964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.19:1
Contrast with white6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#E8929F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6D1724
Analogous#176D35, #174F6D
Triadic#60176D, #6D6017
Split complementary#6D174F, #6D3517
Tetradic#35176D, #6D1724, #4F6D17
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R23
G109
B96
Red23 (9%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue170.93°
Saturation (HSL)65.15%
Lightness25.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G 6D · B 60
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