#178D80#178D80

#178D80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.098 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178D80
RGB	rgb(23, 141, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(173, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -33.58, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 33.63, 183.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.0983 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.098 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7726, 20.7887, 23.7046)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178D80 #8D1724

analogous

#178D45 #178D80 #175F8D

triadic

#178D80 #80178D #8D8017

tetradic

#178D80 #45178D #8D1724 #5F8D17

square

#178D80 #45178D #8D1724 #5F8D17

split-complementary

#178D80 #8D175F #8D4517

monochromatic

#062420 #0E5850 #178D80 #20C2B0 #3FE0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#178D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#178D80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178D80

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178D80	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 141, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.098 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa4',
    500: '#178d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178d80;
$custom-light: #6dafa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58016,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178D80

secondary

#C0404E

accent

#394DEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178D80

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

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