#178A97#178A97

#178A97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.095 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178A97
RGB	rgb(23, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -24.90, -15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 29.33, 211.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.0845 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.095 207)
XYZ	xyz(15.0252, 20.5916, 32.4548)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178A97 #972417

analogous

#179764 #178A97 #174A97

triadic

#178A97 #97178A #8A9717

tetradic

#178A97 #641797 #972417 #4A9717

square

#178A97 #641797 #972417 #4A9717

split-complementary

#178A97 #97174A #976417

monochromatic

#07292D #0F5962 #178A97 #1FBBCC #46D3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#178A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#178A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178A97

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178A97	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.095 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6facb5',
    500: '#178a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178a97;
$custom-light: #6facb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58087,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.20593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178A97

secondary

#C45346

accent

#4A38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178A97

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

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