#178E85#178E85

#178E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.098 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E85
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(175, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -32.56, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 32.81, 187.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0968 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.098 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2579, 21.2198, 25.5301)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E85 #8E1720

analogous

#178E49 #178E85 #175C8E

triadic

#178E85 #85178E #8E8517

tetradic

#178E85 #49178E #8E1720 #5C8E17

square

#178E85 #49178E #8E1720 #5C8E17

split-complementary

#178E85 #8E175C #8E4917

monochromatic

#062522 #0E5954 #178E85 #20C3B6 #3FE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#178E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#178E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E85

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E85	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.098 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa8',
    500: '#178e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e85;
$custom-light: #6dafa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.462,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5845,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E85

secondary

#C0404A

accent

#3947EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E85

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

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