#178A96#178A96

#178A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.095 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178A96
RGB	rgb(23, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, -25.23, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 29.34, 210.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.085 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.095 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9444, 20.5592, 32.0289)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178A96 #962317

analogous

#179663 #178A96 #174B96

triadic

#178A96 #96178A #8A9617

tetradic

#178A96 #631796 #962317 #4B9617

square

#178A96 #631796 #962317 #4B9617

split-complementary

#178A96 #96174B #966317

monochromatic

#07282C #0F5961 #178A96 #1FBBCB #45D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#178A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#178A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178A96

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178A96	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.095 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6facb4',
    500: '#178a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178a96;
$custom-light: #6facb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58046,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178A96

secondary

#C35145

accent

#4938F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178A96

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

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