#178E5F#178E5F

#178E5F is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.123 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E5F
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 95)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 33.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -42.65, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 45.70, 158.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.1158 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.123 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0906, 20.3529, 14.1155)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E5F #8E1746

analogous

#178E24 #178E5F #17818E

triadic

#178E5F #5F178E #8E5F17

tetradic

#178E5F #24178E #8E1746 #818E17

square

#178E5F #24178E #8E1746 #818E17

split-complementary

#178E5F #8E1781 #8E2417

monochromatic

#062519 #0E593C #178E5F #20C382 #3FE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#178E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#178E5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E5F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E5F	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)

#8C825C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.123 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb08c',
    500: '#178e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e5f;
$custom-light: #6bb08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.303,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57351,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E5F

secondary

#C04073

accent

#3981EF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110C

muted

#7B807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E5F

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

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