#178B65#178B65

#178B65 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.114 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178B65
RGB	rgb(23, 139, 101)
HSL	hsl(160, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(160, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 27.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, -40.00, 11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 41.71, 163.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.1097 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.114 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9335, 19.5855, 15.4608)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178B65 #8B173D

analogous

#178B2B #178B65 #17778B

triadic

#178B65 #65178B #8B6517

tetradic

#178B65 #2B178B #8B173D #778B17

square

#178B65 #2B178B #8B173D #778B17

split-complementary

#178B65 #8B1777 #8B2B17

monochromatic

#062219 #0E563F #178B65 #20C08B #3DDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#178B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#178B65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178B65

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178B65	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 139, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.114 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae91',
    500: '#178b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178b65;
$custom-light: #6bae91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.345,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56678,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178B65

secondary

#BF3F69

accent

#3975EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178B65

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

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