#178C96#178C96

#178C96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178C96
RGB	rgb(23, 140, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -26.25, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 29.75, 208.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.087 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2340, 21.1384, 32.1255)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178C96 #962117

analogous

#179661 #178C96 #174D96

triadic

#178C96 #96178C #8C9617

tetradic

#178C96 #611796 #962117 #4D9617

square

#178C96 #611796 #962117 #4D9617

split-complementary

#178C96 #96174D #966117

monochromatic

#07292C #0F5A61 #178C96 #1FBECB #45D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#178C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#178C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178C96

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178C96	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 140, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faeb4',
    500: '#178c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178c96;
$custom-light: #6faeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58562,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178C96

secondary

#C34F45

accent

#4638F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178C96

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

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