#178C97#178C97

#178C97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.096 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178C97
RGB	rgb(23, 140, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -25.92, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 29.72, 209.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0865 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.096 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3148, 21.1707, 32.5513)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178C97 #972217

analogous

#179762 #178C97 #174C97

triadic

#178C97 #97178C #8C9717

tetradic

#178C97 #621797 #972217 #4C9717

square

#178C97 #621797 #972217 #4C9717

split-complementary

#178C97 #97174C #976217

monochromatic

#072A2D #0F5B62 #178C97 #1FBDCC #46D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#178C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#178C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178C97

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178C97	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#7F8698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 140, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.096 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faeb5',
    500: '#178c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178c97;
$custom-light: #6faeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58602,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178C97

secondary

#C45146

accent

#4738F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178C97

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

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