#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
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 106)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(162, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 25.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -40.02, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 41.37, 165.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.1102 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.113 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6264, 20.5672, 16.9373)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##178E6A	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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