#178D96#178D96

#178D96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178D96
RGB	rgb(23, 141, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 6%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -26.75, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 29.98, 206.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0879 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.096 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3808, 21.4319, 32.1744)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178D96 #962017

analogous

#179660 #178D96 #174E96

triadic

#178D96 #96178D #8D9617

tetradic

#178D96 #601796 #962017 #4E9617

square

#178D96 #601796 #962017 #4E9617

split-complementary

#178D96 #96174E #966017

monochromatic

#07292C #0F5B61 #178D96 #1FBFCB #45D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#178D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#178D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178D96

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178D96	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 141, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faeb4',
    500: '#178d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178d96;
$custom-light: #6faeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5882,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178D96

secondary

#C34E45

accent

#4538F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178D96

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

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