#178897#178897

#178897 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178897
RGB	rgb(23, 136, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, -23.88, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 29.00, 214.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.0826 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.094 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7409, 20.0230, 32.3600)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178897 #972617

analogous

#179766 #178897 #174897

triadic

#178897 #971788 #889717

tetradic

#178897 #661797 #972617 #489717

square

#178897 #661797 #972617 #489717

split-complementary

#178897 #971748 #976617

monochromatic

#07282D #0F5862 #178897 #1FB8CC #46D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#178897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#178897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178897

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178897	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 136, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabb5',
    500: '#178897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178897;
$custom-light: #6fabb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.031,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57572,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178897

secondary

#C45546

accent

#4D38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178897

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

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