#178F96#178F96

#178F96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.096 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178F96
RGB	rgb(23, 143, 150)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -27.75, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 30.46, 204.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0899 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.096 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6783, 22.0271, 32.2736)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178F96 #961E17

analogous

#17965E #178F96 #175096

triadic

#178F96 #96178F #8F9617

tetradic

#178F96 #5E1796 #961E17 #509617

square

#178F96 #5E1796 #961E17 #509617

split-complementary

#178F96 #961750 #965E17

monochromatic

#072A2C #0F5C61 #178F96 #1FC2CB #45DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#178F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#178F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178F96

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178F96	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 143, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.096 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb0b4',
    500: '#178f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178f96;
$custom-light: #6fb0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59337,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178F96

secondary

#C34C45

accent

#4238F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #178F96

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

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