#178989#178989

#178989 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.093 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178989
RGB	rgb(23, 137, 137)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, -28.93, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 30.18, 196.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0899 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.093 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8123, 19.8779, 26.7709)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178989 #891717

analogous

#178950 #178989 #175089

triadic

#178989 #891789 #898917

tetradic

#178989 #501789 #891717 #508917

square

#178989 #501789 #891717 #508917

split-complementary

#178989 #891750 #895017

monochromatic

#052020 #0E5555 #178989 #20BDBD #3CDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#178989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#178989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178989

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178989	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70768A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 137, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.093 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacab',
    500: '#178989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178989;
$custom-light: #6dacab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57278,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178989

secondary

#BD3F3F

accent

#3A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178989

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

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