#178D7F#178D7F

#178D7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.099 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178D7F
RGB	rgb(23, 141, 127)
HSL	hsl(173, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(173, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -33.87, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 33.89, 182.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0987 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.099 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7071, 20.7625, 23.3597)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178D7F #8D1725

analogous

#178D44 #178D7F #17608D

triadic

#178D7F #7F178D #8D7F17

tetradic

#178D7F #44178D #8D1725 #608D17

square

#178D7F #44178D #8D1725 #608D17

split-complementary

#178D7F #8D1760 #8D4417

monochromatic

#062420 #0E5850 #178D7F #20C2AE #3FE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#178D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#178D7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178D7F

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178D7F	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 141, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.099 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa4',
    500: '#178d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178d7f;
$custom-light: #6dafa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57983,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178D7F

secondary

#C0404F

accent

#394FEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178D7F

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

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