#178F7F#178F7F

#178F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.101 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F7F
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(172, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 11.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -34.79, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 34.79, 180.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.1008 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.101 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0046, 21.3576, 23.4589)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F7F #8F1727

analogous

#178F43 #178F7F #17638F

triadic

#178F7F #7F178F #8F7F17

tetradic

#178F7F #43178F #8F1727 #638F17

square

#178F7F #43178F #8F1727 #638F17

split-complementary

#178F7F #8F1763 #8F4317

monochromatic

#062621 #0F5A50 #178F7F #1FC4AE #40E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#178F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#178F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F7F

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F7F	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#88867E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.101 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a4',
    500: '#178f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f7f;
$custom-light: #6db0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58515,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F7F

secondary

#C14152

accent

#3951EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F7F

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

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