#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
RGB	rgb(23, 140, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -30.39, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 31.21, 193.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0929 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.095 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2446, 20.7427, 26.9150)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##178C89	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #178C89

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

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