#178F85#178F85

#178F85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.098 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F85
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(175, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -33.03, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 33.22, 186.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0979 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.098 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4074, 21.5187, 25.5799)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F85 #8F1721

analogous

#178F49 #178F85 #175D8F

triadic

#178F85 #85178F #8F8517

tetradic

#178F85 #49178F #8F1721 #5D8F17

square

#178F85 #49178F #8F1721 #5D8F17

split-complementary

#178F85 #8F175D #8F4917

monochromatic

#062623 #0F5A54 #178F85 #1FC4B6 #40E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#178F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#178F85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F85

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F85	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.098 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0a8',
    500: '#178f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f85;
$custom-light: #6eb0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58714,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F85

secondary

#C1414C

accent

#3948EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F85

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

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