#178E7F#178E7F

#178E7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E7F
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(172, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -34.33, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 34.34, 181.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0998 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.1 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8552, 21.0587, 23.4091)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E7F #8E1726

analogous

#178E44 #178E7F #17628E

triadic

#178E7F #7F178E #8E7F17

tetradic

#178E7F #44178E #8E1726 #628E17

square

#178E7F #44178E #8E1726 #628E17

split-complementary

#178E7F #8E1762 #8E4417

monochromatic

#062521 #0E5950 #178E7F #20C3AE #3FE0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#178E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#178E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E7F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E7F	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)

#87857E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a4',
    500: '#178e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e7f;
$custom-light: #6db0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58249,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E7F

secondary

#C04051

accent

#3950EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E7F

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

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