#178E6A#178E6A

#178E6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.113 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#178E6A
RGBrgb(23, 142, 106)
HSLhsl(162, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(162, 84%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(83.8%, 0%, 25.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.47, -40.02, 10.49)
CIE-LCHlch(52.47, 41.37, 165.31°)
OKLaboklab(57.63% -0.1102 0.0268)
OKLCHoklch(57.63% 0.113 166.3)
XYZxyz(12.6264, 20.5672, 16.9373)
Luminance0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#178E6A #8E173B
analogous
#178E2F #178E6A #17768E
triadic
#178E6A #6A178E #8E6A17
tetradic
#178E6A #2F178E #8E173B #768E17
square
#178E6A #2F178E #8E173B #768E17
split-complementary
#178E6A #8E1776 #8E2F17
monochromatic
#06251B #0E5943 #178E6A #20C391 #3FE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11
#178E6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11
#178E6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E6A
5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##178E6A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##178E6A1.004.115.115.11
#FFFFFF4.111.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1121.001.001.00
##0000005.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8B8368
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C796C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #178e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.113 166.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb094',
    500: '#178e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #178e6a;
$custom-light: #6cb094;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#178e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.849,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57626,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#178E6A
secondary
#C04067
accent
#3970EF
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EDF5F1
border
#C8CFCB
text
#08100D
muted
#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E6A

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#178E6A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva