#178F6B#178F6B

#178F6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.114 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F6B
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 107)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(162, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 25.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -40.19, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 41.52, 165.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.1108 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.114 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8281, 20.8870, 17.2626)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F6B #8F173B

analogous

#178F2F #178F6B #17778F

triadic

#178F6B #6B178F #8F6B17

tetradic

#178F6B #2F178F #8F173B #778F17

square

#178F6B #2F178F #8F173B #778F17

split-complementary

#178F6B #8F1777 #8F2F17

monochromatic

#06261C #0F5A44 #178F6B #1FC492 #40E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#178F6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#178F6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F6B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F6B	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.114 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb195',
    500: '#178f6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f6b;
$custom-light: #6cb195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57924,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F6B

secondary

#C14167

accent

#396FEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F6B

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

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