#178E5E#178E5E

#178E5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.124 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E5E
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 94)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -42.88, 16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 46.11, 158.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.1163 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.124 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0454, 20.3348, 13.8777)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E5E #8E1747

analogous

#178E22 #178E5E #17838E

triadic

#178E5E #5E178E #8E5E17

tetradic

#178E5E #22178E #8E1747 #838E17

square

#178E5E #22178E #8E1747 #838E17

split-complementary

#178E5E #8E1783 #8E2217

monochromatic

#062518 #0E593B #178E5E #20C381 #3FE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#178E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#178E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E5E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E5E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C825B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.124 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb08c',
    500: '#178e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e5e;
$custom-light: #6bb08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.798,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57327,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E5E

secondary

#C04074

accent

#3982EF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110C

muted

#7B807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E5E

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

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