#178686#178686

#178686 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.091 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178686
RGB	rgb(23, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 0%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, -28.41, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 29.63, 196.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0883 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.091 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1795, 18.9519, 25.5131)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178686 #861717

analogous

#17864E #178686 #174E86

triadic

#178686 #861786 #868617

tetradic

#178686 #4E1786 #861717 #4E8617

square

#178686 #4E1786 #861717 #4E8617

split-complementary

#178686 #86174E #864E17

monochromatic

#051E1E #0E5252 #178686 #20BABA #3ADDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#178686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#178686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178686

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178686	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.091 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca9a9',
    500: '#178686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178686;
$custom-light: #6ca9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56377,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178686

secondary

#BA3F3F

accent

#3A3AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178686

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

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