#178E60#178E60

#178E60 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.122 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E60
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 96)
HSL	hsl(157, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(157, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 32.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, -42.42, 15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 45.30, 159.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.1153 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.122 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1363, 20.3712, 14.3565)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E60 #8E1745

analogous

#178E25 #178E60 #17808E

triadic

#178E60 #60178E #8E6017

tetradic

#178E60 #25178E #8E1745 #808E17

square

#178E60 #25178E #8E1745 #808E17

split-complementary

#178E60 #8E1780 #8E2517

monochromatic

#062519 #0E593C #178E60 #20C384 #3FE0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#178E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#178E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E60

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E60	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)

#8C835D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.122 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb08d',
    500: '#178e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e60;
$custom-light: #6bb08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.807,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57374,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E60

secondary

#C04072

accent

#397FEF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110C

muted

#7B807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E60

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

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