#178E7C#178E7C

#178E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.101 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E7C
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 124)
HSL	hsl(171, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -35.19, 0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 35.20, 178.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.1012 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.101 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6626, 20.9817, 22.3947)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E7C #8E1729

analogous

#178E40 #178E7C #17658E

triadic

#178E7C #7C178E #8E7C17

tetradic

#178E7C #40178E #8E1729 #658E17

square

#178E7C #40178E #8E1729 #658E17

split-complementary

#178E7C #8E1765 #8E4017

monochromatic

#062520 #0E594E #178E7C #20C3AA #3FE0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#178E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#178E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E7C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E7C	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.101 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a1',
    500: '#178e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e7c;
$custom-light: #6db0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.924,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58152,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E7C

secondary

#C04054

accent

#3954EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E7C

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

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