#178D72#178D72

#178D72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.106 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178D72
RGB	rgb(23, 141, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(166, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 0%, 19.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -37.51, 5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 37.94, 171.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% -0.1052 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.106 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9138, 20.4452, 19.1820)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178D72 #8D1732

analogous

#178D37 #178D72 #176D8D

triadic

#178D72 #72178D #8D7217

tetradic

#178D72 #37178D #8D1732 #6D8D17

square

#178D72 #37178D #8D1732 #6D8D17

split-complementary

#178D72 #8D176D #8D3717

monochromatic

#06241D #0E5847 #178D72 #20C29D #3FE0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#178D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#178D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178D72

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178D72	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 141, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.106 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6caf9a',
    500: '#178d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178d72;
$custom-light: #6caf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.271,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57579,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178D72

secondary

#C0405D

accent

#3963EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178D72

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

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