#178E79#178E79

#178E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.103 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E79
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(169, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -36.04, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 36.12, 176.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.1027 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.103 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4757, 20.9069, 21.4107)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E79 #8E172C

analogous

#178E3E #178E79 #17678E

triadic

#178E79 #79178E #8E7917

tetradic

#178E79 #3E178E #8E172C #678E17

square

#178E79 #3E178E #8E172C #678E17

split-complementary

#178E79 #8E1767 #8E3E17

monochromatic

#06251F #0E594C #178E79 #20C3A6 #3FE0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#178E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#178E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E79

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E79	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.103 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09f',
    500: '#178e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e79;
$custom-light: #6cb09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58058,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E79

secondary

#C04057

accent

#3959EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E79

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

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