#178986#178986

#178986 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178986
RGB	rgb(23, 137, 134)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, -29.87, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 30.67, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.0913 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.093 192)
XYZ	xyz(13.6000, 19.7930, 25.6533)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178986 #89171A

analogous

#17894D #178986 #175389

triadic

#178986 #861789 #898617

tetradic

#178986 #4D1789 #89171A #538917

square

#178986 #4D1789 #89171A #538917

split-complementary

#178986 #891753 #894D17

monochromatic

#05201F #0E5553 #178986 #20BDB9 #3CDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#178986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#178986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178986

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178986	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 137, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daca9',
    500: '#178986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178986;
$custom-light: #6daca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57167,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.19795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178986

secondary

#BD3F42

accent

#3A3FEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178986

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

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