#178E89#178E89

#178E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E89
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -31.35, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 31.95, 191.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0949 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.097 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5395, 21.3324, 27.0133)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E89 #8E171C

analogous

#178E4E #178E89 #17588E

triadic

#178E89 #89178E #8E8917

tetradic

#178E89 #4E178E #8E171C #588E17

square

#178E89 #4E178E #8E171C #588E17

split-complementary

#178E89 #8E1758 #8E4E17

monochromatic

#062523 #0E5956 #178E89 #20C3BC #3FE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#178E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#178E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E89

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E89	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafab',
    500: '#178e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e89;
$custom-light: #6eafab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58591,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E89

secondary

#C04046

accent

#3941EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E89

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

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