#178D85#178D85

#178D85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.097 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178D85
RGB	rgb(23, 141, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(176, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 0%, 5.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, -32.09, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 32.40, 188.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0958 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.097 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1098, 20.9236, 25.4807)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178D85 #8D171F

analogous

#178D4A #178D85 #175A8D

triadic

#178D85 #85178D #8D8517

tetradic

#178D85 #4A178D #8D171F #5A8D17

square

#178D85 #4A178D #8D171F #5A8D17

split-complementary

#178D85 #8D175A #8D4A17

monochromatic

#062422 #0E5853 #178D85 #20C2B7 #3FE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#178D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#178D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178D85

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178D85	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 141, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.097 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa8',
    500: '#178d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178d85;
$custom-light: #6dafa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58187,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178D85

secondary

#C04049

accent

#3945EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178D85

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

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