#178E6B#178E6B

#178E6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.113 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E6B
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 107)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(162, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 24.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -39.76, 9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 40.99, 165.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.1097 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.113 167)
XYZ	xyz(12.6787, 20.5881, 17.2127)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E6B #8E173A

analogous

#178E30 #178E6B #17758E

triadic

#178E6B #6B178E #8E6B17

tetradic

#178E6B #30178E #8E173A #758E17

square

#178E6B #30178E #8E173A #758E17

split-complementary

#178E6B #8E1775 #8E3017

monochromatic

#06251C #0E5943 #178E6B #20C393 #3FE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#178E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#178E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E6B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E6B	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C796D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.113 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb095',
    500: '#178e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e6b;
$custom-light: #6cb095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57653,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.2059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E6B

secondary

#C04066

accent

#396EEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E6B

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

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