#178A62#178A62

#178A62 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.115 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178A62
RGB	rgb(23, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(159, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(159, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 29%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -40.31, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 42.35, 162.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.1102 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.115 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6451, 19.2395, 14.6528)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178A62 #8A173F

analogous

#178A28 #178A62 #17798A

triadic

#178A62 #62178A #8A6217

tetradic

#178A62 #28178A #8A173F #798A17

square

#178A62 #28178A #8A173F #798A17

split-complementary

#178A62 #8A1779 #8A2817

monochromatic

#062117 #0E563D #178A62 #20BE87 #3DDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#178A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#178A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178A62

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178A62	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.115 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad8e',
    500: '#178a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178a62;
$custom-light: #6aad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56327,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178A62

secondary

#BE3F6B

accent

#3A78EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178A62

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

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