#178C6C#178C6C

#178C6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.109 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#178C6C
RGBrgb(23, 140, 108)
HSLhsl(164, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(164, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(83.6%, 0%, 22.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(51.86, -38.66, 8.48)
CIE-LCHlch(51.86, 39.58, 167.63°)
OKLaboklab(57.14% -0.1072 0.0217)
OKLCHoklch(57.14% 0.109 168.6)
XYZxyz(12.4367, 20.0195, 17.3931)
Luminance0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#178C6C #8C1737
analogous
#178C32 #178C6C #17728C
triadic
#178C6C #6C178C #8C6C17
tetradic
#178C6C #32178C #8C1737 #728C17
square
#178C6C #32178C #8C1737 #728C17
split-complementary
#178C6C #8C1772 #8C3217
monochromatic
#06231B #0E5743 #178C6C #20C195 #3EDFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20
#178C6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00
#178C6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178C6C
5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##178C6C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##178C6C1.004.205.005.00
#FFFFFF4.201.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0021.001.001.00
##0000005.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88826A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A776E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008D83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #178c6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 140, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.109 168.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae96',
    500: '#178c6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #178c6c;
$custom-light: #6bae96;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#178c6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.59,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#178C6C
secondary
#BF3F62
accent
#396BEF
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EDF4F1
border
#C8CECB
text
#08100D
muted
#7B7F7E

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#178C6C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva