#178C6E#178C6E

#178C6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.108 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178C6E
RGB	rgb(23, 140, 110)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(165, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 21.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, -38.14, 7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 38.85, 169.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.1062 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.108 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5444, 20.0625, 17.9601)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178C6E #8C1735

analogous

#178C33 #178C6E #17708C

triadic

#178C6E #6E178C #8C6E17

tetradic

#178C6E #33178C #8C1735 #708C17

square

#178C6E #33178C #8C1735 #708C17

split-complementary

#178C6E #8C1770 #8C3317

monochromatic

#06231B #0E5745 #178C6E #20C197 #3EDFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#178C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#178C6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178C6E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178C6E	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 140, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.108 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae97',
    500: '#178c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178c6e;
$custom-light: #6bae97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57194,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178C6E

secondary

#BF3F60

accent

#3968EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178C6E

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

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