#178E84#178E84

#178E84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E84
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 132)
HSL	hsl(175, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(175, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -32.86, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 33.04, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0973 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.098 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1892, 21.1923, 25.1680)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E84 #8E1721

analogous

#178E49 #178E84 #175D8E

triadic

#178E84 #84178E #8E8417

tetradic

#178E84 #49178E #8E1721 #5D8E17

square

#178E84 #49178E #8E1721 #5D8E17

split-complementary

#178E84 #8E175D #8E4917

monochromatic

#062522 #0E5953 #178E84 #20C3B5 #3FE0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#178E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#178E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E84

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E84	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa7',
    500: '#178e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e84;
$custom-light: #6dafa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.958,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58416,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E84

secondary

#C0404B

accent

#3948EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E84

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

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