#178F79#178F79

#178F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.104 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F79
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(169, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -36.48, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 36.60, 175.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.1037 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.104 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6252, 21.2058, 21.4605)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F79 #8F172D

analogous

#178F3D #178F79 #17698F

triadic

#178F79 #79178F #8F7917

tetradic

#178F79 #3D178F #8F172D #698F17

square

#178F79 #3D178F #8F172D #698F17

split-complementary

#178F79 #8F1769 #8F3D17

monochromatic

#062620 #0F5A4C #178F79 #1FC4A6 #40E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#178F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#178F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F79

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F79	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.104 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db09f',
    500: '#178f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f79;
$custom-light: #6db09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58325,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F79

secondary

#C14158

accent

#395AEF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F79

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

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