#178E70#178E70

#178E70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.109 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E70
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 112)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(165, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 21.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -38.48, 7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 39.15, 169.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.1072 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.109 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9494, 20.6964, 18.6384)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E70 #8E1735

analogous

#178E35 #178E70 #17718E

triadic

#178E70 #70178E #8E7017

tetradic

#178E70 #35178E #8E1735 #718E17

square

#178E70 #35178E #8E1735 #718E17

split-complementary

#178E70 #8E1771 #8E3517

monochromatic

#06251D #0E5946 #178E70 #20C39A #3FE0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#178E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#178E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E70

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E70	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)

#8A846E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.109 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb099',
    500: '#178e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e70;
$custom-light: #6cb099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.874,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57791,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E70

secondary

#C04061

accent

#3967EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E70

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

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