#178B62#178B62

#178B62 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.116 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178B62
RGB	rgb(23, 139, 98)
HSL	hsl(159, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(159, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 29.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, -40.73, 13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 42.88, 161.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% -0.1112 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.116 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7892, 19.5278, 14.7008)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178B62 #8B1740

analogous

#178B28 #178B62 #177A8B

triadic

#178B62 #62178B #8B6217

tetradic

#178B62 #28178B #8B1740 #7A8B17

square

#178B62 #28178B #8B1740 #7A8B17

split-complementary

#178B62 #8B177A #8B2817

monochromatic

#062218 #0E563D #178B62 #20C087 #3DDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#178B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#178B62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178B62

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178B62	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 139, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.116 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae8e',
    500: '#178b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178b62;
$custom-light: #6bae8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.793,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56601,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178B62

secondary

#BF3F6C

accent

#3979EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178B62

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

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