#178E76#178E76

#178E76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.105 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E76
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 118)
HSL	hsl(168, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(168, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 16.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -36.87, 4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 37.08, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.1042 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.105 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2946, 20.8345, 20.4568)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E76 #8E172F

analogous

#178E3A #178E76 #176B8E

triadic

#178E76 #76178E #8E7617

tetradic

#178E76 #3A178E #8E172F #6B8E17

square

#178E76 #3A178E #8E172F #6B8E17

split-complementary

#178E76 #8E176B #8E3A17

monochromatic

#06251E #0E594A #178E76 #20C3A2 #3FE0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#178E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#178E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E76

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E76	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.105 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09d',
    500: '#178e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e76;
$custom-light: #6cb09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57966,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E76

secondary

#C0405A

accent

#395EEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E76

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

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