#178E6F#178E6F

#178E6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.110 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E6F
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 111)
HSL	hsl(164, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(164, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -38.74, 7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 39.51, 168.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.1077 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.11 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8940, 20.6742, 18.3468)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E6F #8E1736

analogous

#178E34 #178E6F #17718E

triadic

#178E6F #6F178E #8E6F17

tetradic

#178E6F #34178E #8E1736 #718E17

square

#178E6F #34178E #8E1736 #718E17

split-complementary

#178E6F #8E1771 #8E3417

monochromatic

#06251D #0E5946 #178E6F #20C398 #3FE0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#178E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#178E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E6F

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E6F	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.110 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb098',
    500: '#178e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e6f;
$custom-light: #6cb098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.37,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57763,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E6F

secondary

#C04062

accent

#3968EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E6F

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

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