#178496#178496

#178496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.093 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178496
RGB	rgb(23, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, -22.13, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 28.45, 218.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% -0.079 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.093 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1072, 18.8849, 31.7499)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178496 #962917

analogous

#179669 #178496 #174596

triadic

#178496 #961784 #849617

tetradic

#178496 #691796 #962917 #459617

square

#178496 #691796 #962917 #459617

split-complementary

#178496 #961745 #966917

monochromatic

#07272C #0F5561 #178496 #1FB3CB #45CCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#178496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#178496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178496

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178496	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.093 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea8b4',
    500: '#178496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178496;
$custom-light: #6ea8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.504,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.565,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178496

secondary

#C35745

accent

#5238F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#080F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178496

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

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