#178888#178888

#178888 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.092 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178888
RGB	rgb(23, 136, 136)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -28.76, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 29.99, 196.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.0893 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.092 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5994, 19.5663, 26.3477)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178888 #881717

analogous

#17884F #178888 #174F88

triadic

#178888 #881788 #888817

tetradic

#178888 #4F1788 #881717 #4F8817

square

#178888 #4F1788 #881717 #4F8817

split-complementary

#178888 #88174F #884F17

monochromatic

#051F1F #0E5454 #178888 #20BCBC #3BDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#178888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#178888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178888

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178888	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 136, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.092 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dabaa',
    500: '#178888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178888;
$custom-light: #6dabaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56978,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178888

secondary

#BC3F3F

accent

#3A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178888

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

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