#179696#179696

#179696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179696
RGB	rgb(23, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -31.17, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 32.50, 196.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.0968 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7621, 24.1947, 32.6348)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179696 #961717

analogous

#179657 #179696 #175796

triadic

#179696 #961796 #969617

tetradic

#179696 #571796 #961717 #579617

square

#179696 #571796 #961717 #579617

split-complementary

#179696 #961757 #965717

monochromatic

#072C2C #0F6161 #179696 #1FCBCB #45E2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#179696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#179696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179696

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179696	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b5b4',
    500: '#179696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179696;
$custom-light: #70b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61146,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179696

secondary

#C34545

accent

#3838F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #179696

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

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