#178997#178997

#178997 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178997
RGB	rgb(23, 137, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -24.39, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 29.16, 213.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0835 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.095 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8824, 20.3059, 32.4072)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178997 #972517

analogous

#179765 #178997 #174997

triadic

#178997 #971789 #899717

tetradic

#178997 #651797 #972517 #499717

square

#178997 #651797 #972517 #499717

split-complementary

#178997 #971749 #976517

monochromatic

#07292D #0F5962 #178997 #1FB9CC #46D2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#178997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#178997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178997

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178997	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)

#7C8398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 137, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabb5',
    500: '#178997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178997;
$custom-light: #6fabb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178997

secondary

#C45446

accent

#4C38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178997

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

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