#178D6F#178D6F

#178D6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.108 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#178D6F
RGBrgb(23, 141, 111)
HSLhsl(165, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(165, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(83.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(52.26, -38.31, 7.33)
CIE-LCHlch(52.26, 39.00, 169.17°)
OKLaboklab(57.49% -0.1067 0.0187)
OKLCHoklch(57.49% 0.108 170.1)
XYZxyz(12.7459, 20.3780, 18.2974)
Luminance0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#178D6F #8D1735
analogous
#178D34 #178D6F #17708D
triadic
#178D6F #6F178D #8D6F17
tetradic
#178D6F #34178D #8D1735 #708D17
square
#178D6F #34178D #8D1735 #708D17
split-complementary
#178D6F #8D1770 #8D3417
monochromatic
#06241C #0E5846 #178D6F #20C298 #3FE0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14
#178D6F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08
#178D6F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178D6F
5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##178D6F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##178D6F1.004.145.085.08
#FFFFFF4.141.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0821.001.001.00
##0000005.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#89836D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A7871
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #178d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 141, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.108 170.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6caf98',
    500: '#178d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #178d6f;
$custom-light: #6caf98;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#178d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57492,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#178D6F
secondary
#C04060
accent
#3967EF
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EDF5F2
border
#C8CFCC
text
#08100D
muted
#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

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#178D6F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva