#178B69#178B69

#178B69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.110 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178B69
RGB	rgb(23, 139, 105)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(162, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 24.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -39.00, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 40.17, 166.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.1077 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.11 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1343, 19.6658, 16.5182)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178B69 #8B1739

analogous

#178B2F #178B69 #17738B

triadic

#178B69 #69178B #8B6917

tetradic

#178B69 #2F178B #8B1739 #738B17

square

#178B69 #2F178B #8B1739 #738B17

split-complementary

#178B69 #8B1773 #8B2F17

monochromatic

#06221A #0E5641 #178B69 #20C091 #3DDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#178B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#178B69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178B69

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178B69	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A766B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 139, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.110 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae94',
    500: '#178b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178b69;
$custom-light: #6bae94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.414,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56784,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178B69

secondary

#BF3F65

accent

#396EEE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178B69

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

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