#178985#178985

#178985 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.094 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178985
RGB	rgb(23, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -30.18, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 30.86, 192.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% -0.0918 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.094 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5306, 19.7652, 25.2877)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178985 #89171B

analogous

#17894C #178985 #175489

triadic

#178985 #851789 #898517

tetradic

#178985 #4C1789 #89171B #548917

square

#178985 #4C1789 #89171B #548917

split-complementary

#178985 #891754 #894C17

monochromatic

#05201F #0E5552 #178985 #20BDB8 #3CDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#178985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#178985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178985

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178985	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.094 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daca8',
    500: '#178985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178985;
$custom-light: #6daca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57131,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178985

secondary

#BD3F44

accent

#3A40EE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178985

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

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