#178E71#178E71

#178E71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.108 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E71
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 113)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(165, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 20.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -38.21, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 38.80, 170.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.1067 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.108 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0054, 20.7188, 18.9333)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E71 #8E1734

analogous

#178E35 #178E71 #17708E

triadic

#178E71 #71178E #8E7117

tetradic

#178E71 #35178E #8E1734 #708E17

square

#178E71 #35178E #8E1734 #708E17

split-complementary

#178E71 #8E1770 #8E3517

monochromatic

#06251D #0E5947 #178E71 #20C39B #3FE0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#178E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#178E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E71

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E71	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#8A8470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.108 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb099',
    500: '#178e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e71;
$custom-light: #6cb099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.378,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57819,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E71

secondary

#C04060

accent

#3965EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E71

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

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