#178E7E#178E7E

#178E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E7E
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(172, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -34.62, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 34.62, 180.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.1003 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.1 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7903, 21.0328, 23.0675)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E7E #8E1727

analogous

#178E43 #178E7E #17628E

triadic

#178E7E #7E178E #8E7E17

tetradic

#178E7E #43178E #8E1727 #628E17

square

#178E7E #43178E #8E1727 #628E17

split-complementary

#178E7E #8E1762 #8E4317

monochromatic

#062521 #0E594F #178E7E #20C3AD #3FE0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#178E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#178E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E7E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E7E	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a3',
    500: '#178e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e7e;
$custom-light: #6db0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58216,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E7E

secondary

#C04052

accent

#3951EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E7E

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

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