#179A9E#179A9E

#179A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179A9E
RGB	rgb(23, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -30.59, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 32.69, 200.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0971 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.102 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0776, 25.7596, 36.3604)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179A9E #9E1B17

analogous

#179E5E #179A9E #17569E

triadic

#179A9E #9E179A #9A9E17

tetradic

#179A9E #5E179E #9E1B17 #569E17

square

#179A9E #5E179E #9E1B17 #569E17

split-complementary

#179A9E #9E1756 #9E5E17

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6669 #179A9E #1FCED3 #4BE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#179A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#179A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179A9E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179A9E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8ba',
    500: '#179a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179a9e;
$custom-light: #72b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62473,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179A9E

secondary

#C64E4A

accent

#3C37F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #179A9E

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

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