#178987#178987

#178987 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178987
RGB	rgb(23, 137, 135)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 1.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, -29.56, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 30.50, 194.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.0908 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.093 193)
XYZ	xyz(13.6701, 19.8210, 26.0223)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178987 #891719

analogous

#17894E #178987 #175289

triadic

#178987 #871789 #898717

tetradic

#178987 #4E1789 #891719 #528917

square

#178987 #4E1789 #891719 #528917

split-complementary

#178987 #891752 #894E17

monochromatic

#052020 #0E5553 #178987 #20BDBB #3CDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#178987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#178987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178987

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178987	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)

#808287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 137, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daca9',
    500: '#178987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178987;
$custom-light: #6daca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.947,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57204,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.19823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178987

secondary

#BD3F41

accent

#3A3DEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178987

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

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