#178486#178486

#178486 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.090 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178486
RGB	rgb(23, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, -27.42, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 28.98, 198.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0862 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.09 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9057, 18.4043, 25.4218)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178486 #861917

analogous

#178650 #178486 #174C86

triadic

#178486 #861784 #848617

tetradic

#178486 #501786 #861917 #4C8617

square

#178486 #501786 #861917 #4C8617

split-complementary

#178486 #86174C #865017

monochromatic

#051D1E #0E5152 #178486 #20B7BA #3ADADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#178486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#178486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178486

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178486	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)

#7A7D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.090 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca8a9',
    500: '#178486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178486;
$custom-light: #6ca8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5585,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178486

secondary

#BA413F

accent

#3E3AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178486

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

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