#178A5F#178A5F

#178A5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.118 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178A5F
RGB	rgb(23, 138, 95)
HSL	hsl(158, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(158, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 31.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, -41.03, 14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 43.54, 160.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% -0.1117 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.118 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5061, 19.1839, 13.9207)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178A5F #8A1742

analogous

#178A25 #178A5F #177C8A

triadic

#178A5F #5F178A #8A5F17

tetradic

#178A5F #25178A #8A1742 #7C8A17

square

#178A5F #25178A #8A1742 #7C8A17

split-complementary

#178A5F #8A177C #8A2517

monochromatic

#062117 #0E563B #178A5F #20BE83 #3DDFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#178A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#178A5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178A5F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178A5F	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 138, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.118 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad8c',
    500: '#178a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178a5f;
$custom-light: #6aad8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.565,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56253,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178A5F

secondary

#BE3F6E

accent

#3A7DEE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178A5F

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

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