#178080#178080

#178080 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.088 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178080
RGB	rgb(23, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(180, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 0%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, -27.34, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 28.52, 196.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0849 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.088 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9670, 17.1775, 23.1028)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178080 #801717

analogous

#17804C #178080 #174C80

triadic

#178080 #801780 #808017

tetradic

#178080 #4C1780 #801717 #4C8017

square

#178080 #4C1780 #801717 #4C8017

split-complementary

#178080 #80174C #804C17

monochromatic

#051A1A #0E4C4C #178080 #20B4B4 #36DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#178080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#178080 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #178080

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##178080	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.088 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba5a4',
    500: '#178080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178080;
$custom-light: #6ba5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54565,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178080

secondary

#B43E3E

accent

#3B3BEC

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F4

border

#C7CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178080

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

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