#178E97#178E97

#178E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.096 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E97
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -26.93, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 30.15, 206.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0885 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.096 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6097, 21.7605, 32.6496)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E97 #972017

analogous

#179760 #178E97 #174E97

triadic

#178E97 #97178E #8E9717

tetradic

#178E97 #601797 #972017 #4E9717

square

#178E97 #601797 #972017 #4E9717

split-complementary

#178E97 #97174E #976017

monochromatic

#072A2D #0F5C62 #178E97 #1FC0CC #46D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#178E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#178E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E97

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E97	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#828898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.096 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafb5',
    500: '#178e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e97;
$custom-light: #6fafb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59118,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E97

secondary

#C44F46

accent

#4538F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E97

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

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