#178E7D#178E7D

#178E7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.101 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E7D
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 125)
HSL	hsl(171, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -34.90, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 34.91, 179.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.1007 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.101 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7261, 21.0071, 22.7294)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E7D #8E1728

analogous

#178E42 #178E7D #17638E

triadic

#178E7D #7D178E #8E7D17

tetradic

#178E7D #42178E #8E1728 #638E17

square

#178E7D #42178E #8E1728 #638E17

split-complementary

#178E7D #8E1763 #8E4217

monochromatic

#062520 #0E594F #178E7D #20C3AB #3FE0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#178E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#178E7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E7D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E7D	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)

#87857C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.101 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a2',
    500: '#178e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e7d;
$custom-light: #6db0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58184,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E7D

secondary

#C04053

accent

#3953EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E7D

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

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