#179596#179596

#179596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.100 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179596
RGB	rgb(23, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -30.69, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 32.18, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0959 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.1 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6032, 23.8769, 32.5819)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179596 #961817

analogous

#179658 #179596 #175696

triadic

#179596 #961795 #959617

tetradic

#179596 #581796 #961817 #569617

square

#179596 #581796 #961817 #569617

split-complementary

#179596 #961756 #965817

monochromatic

#072C2C #0F6061 #179596 #1FCACB #45E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#179596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#179596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179596

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179596	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.100 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b4b4',
    500: '#179596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179596;
$custom-light: #70b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.472,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60887,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179596

secondary

#C34645

accent

#3938F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #179596

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

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