#178B5F#178B5F

#178B5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.119 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178B5F
RGB	rgb(23, 139, 95)
HSL	hsl(157, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(157, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 31.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, -41.44, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 44.08, 160.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% -0.1127 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.119 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6502, 19.4722, 13.9687)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178B5F #8B1743

analogous

#178B25 #178B5F #177D8B

triadic

#178B5F #5F178B #8B5F17

tetradic

#178B5F #25178B #8B1743 #7D8B17

square

#178B5F #25178B #8B1743 #7D8B17

split-complementary

#178B5F #8B177D #8B2517

monochromatic

#062217 #0E563B #178B5F #20C083 #3DDFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#178B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#178B5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178B5F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178B5F	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 139, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.119 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae8c',
    500: '#178b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178b5f;
$custom-light: #6aae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56527,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178B5F

secondary

#BF3F70

accent

#397EEE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178B5F

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

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