#178E77#178E77

#178E77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.104 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E77
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 119)
HSL	hsl(168, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(168, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 16.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -36.59, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 36.76, 174.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.1037 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.104 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3544, 20.8584, 20.7714)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E77 #8E172E

analogous

#178E3B #178E77 #176A8E

triadic

#178E77 #77178E #8E7717

tetradic

#178E77 #3B178E #8E172E #6A8E17

square

#178E77 #3B178E #8E172E #6A8E17

split-complementary

#178E77 #8E176A #8E3B17

monochromatic

#06251F #0E594B #178E77 #20C3A3 #3FE0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#178E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#178E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E77

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E77	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)

#898476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.104 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09e',
    500: '#178e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e77;
$custom-light: #6cb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.403,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57996,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E77

secondary

#C04059

accent

#395CEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E77

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

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