#178A60#178A60

#178A60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.117 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178A60
RGB	rgb(23, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(158, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(158, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 30.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, -40.79, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 43.14, 160.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% -0.1112 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.117 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5519, 19.2022, 14.1616)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178A60 #8A1741

analogous

#178A27 #178A60 #177B8A

triadic

#178A60 #60178A #8A6017

tetradic

#178A60 #27178A #8A1741 #7B8A17

square

#178A60 #27178A #8A1741 #7B8A17

split-complementary

#178A60 #8A177B #8A2717

monochromatic

#062117 #0E563C #178A60 #20BE84 #3DDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#178A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#178A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178A60

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178A60	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)

#887F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.117 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad8d',
    500: '#178a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178a60;
$custom-light: #6aad8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.087,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178A60

secondary

#BE3F6D

accent

#3A7CEE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178A60

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

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