#179496#179496

#179496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.099 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179496
RGB	rgb(23, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -30.20, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 31.87, 198.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0949 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.099 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4457, 23.5619, 32.5294)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179496 #961917

analogous

#179659 #179496 #175596

triadic

#179496 #961794 #949617

tetradic

#179496 #591796 #961917 #559617

square

#179496 #591796 #961917 #559617

split-complementary

#179496 #961755 #965917

monochromatic

#072B2C #0F6061 #179496 #1FC8CB #45E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#179496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#179496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179496

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179496	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.099 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b4b4',
    500: '#179496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179496;
$custom-light: #70b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.945,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60628,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179496

secondary

#C34745

accent

#3B38F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #179496

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

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