#178988#178988

#178988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178988
RGB	rgb(23, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, -29.25, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 30.33, 195.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0904 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.093 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7409, 19.8493, 26.3949)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178988 #891718

analogous

#17894F #178988 #175189

triadic

#178988 #881789 #898817

tetradic

#178988 #4F1789 #891718 #518917

square

#178988 #4F1789 #891718 #518917

split-complementary

#178988 #891751 #894F17

monochromatic

#052020 #0E5554 #178988 #20BDBC #3CDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#178988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#178988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178988

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178988	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaa',
    500: '#178988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178988;
$custom-light: #6dacaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57241,
    "c": 0.0931,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178988

secondary

#BD3F40

accent

#3A3BEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178988

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

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