#178F8E#178F8E

#178F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.096 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F8E
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(180, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -30.29, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 31.41, 195.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0936 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.096 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.0560, 21.7781, 28.9960)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F8E #8F1718

analogous

#178F52 #178F8E #17548F

triadic

#178F8E #8E178F #8F8E17

tetradic

#178F8E #52178F #8F1718 #548F17

square

#178F8E #52178F #8F1718 #548F17

split-complementary

#178F8E #8F1754 #8F5217

monochromatic

#062625 #0F5A5A #178F8E #1FC4C2 #40E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#178F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#178F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F8E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F8E	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.096 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0af',
    500: '#178f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f8e;
$custom-light: #6eb0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59033,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F8E

secondary

#C14142

accent

#393AEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F8E

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

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