#178C86#178C86

#178C86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.096 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178C86
RGB	rgb(23, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -31.31, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 31.80, 190.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0943 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.096 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0324, 20.6578, 25.7974)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178C86 #8C171D

analogous

#178C4C #178C86 #17588C

triadic

#178C86 #86178C #8C8617

tetradic

#178C86 #4C178C #8C171D #588C17

square

#178C86 #4C178C #8C171D #588C17

split-complementary

#178C86 #8C1758 #8C4C17

monochromatic

#062321 #0E5754 #178C86 #20C1B8 #3EDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#178C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#178C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178C86

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178C86	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.096 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daea9',
    500: '#178c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178c86;
$custom-light: #6daea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57958,
    "c": 0.09562,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178C86

secondary

#BF3F46

accent

#3943EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178C86

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

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