#178E96#178E96

#178E96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.096 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E96
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -27.25, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 30.21, 205.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0889 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.096 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5289, 21.7282, 32.2238)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E96 #961F17

analogous

#17965F #178E96 #174F96

triadic

#178E96 #96178E #8E9617

tetradic

#178E96 #5F1796 #961F17 #4F9617

square

#178E96 #5F1796 #961F17 #4F9617

split-complementary

#178E96 #96174F #965F17

monochromatic

#072A2C #0F5C61 #178E96 #1FC0CB #45D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#178E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#178E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E96

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E96	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.096 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafb4',
    500: '#178e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e96;
$custom-light: #6fafb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59078,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E96

secondary

#C34D45

accent

#4338F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E96

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

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