#178485#178485

#178485 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.090 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178485
RGB	rgb(23, 132, 133)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, -27.74, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 29.11, 197.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% -0.0867 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.09 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8363, 18.3765, 25.0562)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178485 #851817

analogous

#17854F #178485 #174D85

triadic

#178485 #851784 #848517

tetradic

#178485 #4F1785 #851817 #4D8517

square

#178485 #4F1785 #851817 #4D8517

split-complementary

#178485 #85174D #854F17

monochromatic

#051C1D #0E5051 #178485 #20B8B9 #3ADBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#178485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#178485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178485

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178485	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7D85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 132, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.090 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca8a8',
    500: '#178485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178485;
$custom-light: #6ca8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55812,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178485

secondary

#B9403F

accent

#3C3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178485

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

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