#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
RGB	rgb(23, 141, 111)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(165, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -38.31, 7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 39.00, 169.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.1067 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.108 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7459, 20.3780, 18.2974)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##178D6F	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #178D6F

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

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