#178F88#178F88

#178F88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.098 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F88
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 4.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -32.13, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 32.54, 189.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0964 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.098 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6176, 21.6028, 26.6871)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F88 #8F171E

analogous

#178F4C #178F88 #175A8F

triadic

#178F88 #88178F #8F8817

tetradic

#178F88 #4C178F #8F171E #5A8F17

square

#178F88 #4C178F #8F171E #5A8F17

split-complementary

#178F88 #8F175A #8F4C17

monochromatic

#062624 #0F5A56 #178F88 #1FC4BA #40E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#178F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#178F88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F88

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F88	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.098 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0aa',
    500: '#178f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f88;
$custom-light: #6eb0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58818,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F88

secondary

#C14149

accent

#3943EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F88

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

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