#178E59#178E59

#178E59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.129 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E59
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(153, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(153, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -43.97, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 48.16, 155.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.1188 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.129 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8283, 20.2479, 12.7341)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E59 #8E174C

analogous

#178E1D #178E59 #17888E

triadic

#178E59 #59178E #8E5917

tetradic

#178E59 #1D178E #8E174C #888E17

square

#178E59 #1D178E #8E174C #888E17

split-complementary

#178E59 #8E1788 #8E1D17

monochromatic

#062517 #0E5938 #178E59 #20C37A #3FE098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#178E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#178E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E59

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E59	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.129 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb088',
    500: '#178e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e59;
$custom-light: #6bb088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.277,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57215,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E59

secondary

#C04079

accent

#398AEF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E59

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

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