#178889#178889

#178889 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.092 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178889
RGB	rgb(23, 136, 137)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -28.44, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 29.85, 197.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.0889 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.092 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6708, 19.5949, 26.7237)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178889 #891817

analogous

#178951 #178889 #174F89

triadic

#178889 #891788 #888917

tetradic

#178889 #511789 #891817 #4F8917

square

#178889 #511789 #891817 #4F8917

split-complementary

#178889 #89174F #895117

monochromatic

#052020 #0E5455 #178889 #20BCBD #3CDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#178889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#178889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178889

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178889	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 136, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.092 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dabab',
    500: '#178889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178889;
$custom-light: #6dabab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.526,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57015,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178889

secondary

#BD403F

accent

#3B3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178889

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →