#178F83#178F83

#178F83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.099 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F83
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 131)
HSL	hsl(174, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(174, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 8.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -33.62, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 33.71, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0988 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.099 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2705, 21.4640, 24.8592)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F83 #8F1723

analogous

#178F47 #178F83 #175F8F

triadic

#178F83 #83178F #8F8317

tetradic

#178F83 #47178F #8F1723 #5F8F17

square

#178F83 #47178F #8F1723 #5F8F17

split-complementary

#178F83 #8F175F #8F4717

monochromatic

#062622 #0F5A53 #178F83 #1FC4B3 #40E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#178F83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#178F83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F83

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F83	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.099 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a7',
    500: '#178f83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f83;
$custom-light: #6db0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58647,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F83

secondary

#C1414E

accent

#394BEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F83

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

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