#178996#178996

#178996 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.094 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178996
RGB	rgb(23, 137, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -24.72, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 29.16, 212.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.084 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.094 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8016, 20.2736, 31.9813)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178996 #962417

analogous

#179664 #178996 #174A96

triadic

#178996 #961789 #899617

tetradic

#178996 #641796 #962417 #4A9617

square

#178996 #641796 #962417 #4A9617

split-complementary

#178996 #96174A #966417

monochromatic

#07282C #0F5961 #178996 #1FB9CB #45D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#178996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#178996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178996

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178996	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 137, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.094 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabb4',
    500: '#178996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178996;
$custom-light: #6fabb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57788,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178996

secondary

#C35245

accent

#4B38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178996

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

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