#178696#178696

#178696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.094 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178696
RGB	rgb(23, 134, 150)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, -23.18, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 28.69, 216.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.081 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.094 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3810, 19.4325, 31.8411)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178696 #962717

analogous

#179667 #178696 #174796

triadic

#178696 #961786 #869617

tetradic

#178696 #671796 #962717 #479617

square

#178696 #671796 #962717 #479617

split-complementary

#178696 #961747 #966717

monochromatic

#07272C #0F5761 #178696 #1FB5CB #45CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#178696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#178696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178696

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178696	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 134, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.094 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea9b4',
    500: '#178696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178696;
$custom-light: #6ea9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.559,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57015,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178696

secondary

#C35545

accent

#4F38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178696

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

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