#178E87#178E87

#178E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.097 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E87
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(176, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -31.96, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 32.36, 189.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.0959 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.097 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3974, 21.2756, 26.2648)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E87 #8E171E

analogous

#178E4C #178E87 #17598E

triadic

#178E87 #87178E #8E8717

tetradic

#178E87 #4C178E #8E171E #598E17

square

#178E87 #4C178E #8E171E #598E17

split-complementary

#178E87 #8E1759 #8E4C17

monochromatic

#062523 #0E5955 #178E87 #20C3B9 #3FE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#178E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#178E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E87

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E87	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.097 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafa9',
    500: '#178e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e87;
$custom-light: #6eafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5852,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E87

secondary

#C04048

accent

#3944EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E87

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

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