#178E72#178E72

#178E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.107 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E72
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(166, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -37.95, 6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 38.45, 170.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.1062 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.107 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0620, 20.7414, 19.2314)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E72 #8E1733

analogous

#178E36 #178E72 #176F8E

triadic

#178E72 #72178E #8E7217

tetradic

#178E72 #36178E #8E1733 #6F8E17

square

#178E72 #36178E #8E1733 #6F8E17

split-complementary

#178E72 #8E176F #8E3617

monochromatic

#06251D #0E5948 #178E72 #20C39C #3FE0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#178E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#178E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E72

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E72	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.107 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09a',
    500: '#178e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e72;
$custom-light: #6cb09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57848,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E72

secondary

#C0405F

accent

#3964EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E72

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

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