#178F86#178F86

#178F86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.098 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F86
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(176, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -32.73, -4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 32.98, 187.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0974 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.098 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4768, 21.5465, 25.9455)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F86 #8F1720

analogous

#178F4A #178F86 #175C8F

triadic

#178F86 #86178F #8F8617

tetradic

#178F86 #4A178F #8F1720 #5C8F17

square

#178F86 #4A178F #8F1720 #5C8F17

split-complementary

#178F86 #8F175C #8F4A17

monochromatic

#062623 #0F5A55 #178F86 #1FC4B7 #40E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#178F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#178F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F86

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F86	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.098 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0a9',
    500: '#178f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f86;
$custom-light: #6eb0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58749,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F86

secondary

#C1414B

accent

#3946EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F86

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

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