#178C89#178C89

#178C89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.095 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#178C89
RGBrgb(23, 140, 137)
HSLhsl(178, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(178, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(83.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.67, -30.39, -7.13)
CIE-LCHlch(52.67, 31.21, 193.20°)
OKLaboklab(58.07% -0.0929 -0.0199)
OKLCHoklch(58.07% 0.095 192.1)
XYZxyz(14.2446, 20.7427, 26.9150)
Luminance0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#178C89 #8C171A
analogous
#178C4F #178C89 #17548C
triadic
#178C89 #89178C #8C8917
tetradic
#178C89 #4F178C #8C171A #548C17
square
#178C89 #4F178C #8C171A #548C17
split-complementary
#178C89 #8C1754 #8C4F17
monochromatic
#062322 #0E5756 #178C89 #20C1BC #3EDFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08
#178C89 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15
#178C89 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178C89
5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##178C89#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##178C891.004.085.155.15
#FFFFFF4.081.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1521.001.001.00
##0000005.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#838489
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#73798A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00908B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #178c89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 140, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.095 192.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daeab',
    500: '#178c89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #178c89;
$custom-light: #6daeab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#178c89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58065,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#178C89
secondary
#BF3F43
accent
#393EEF
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

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#178C89 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva