#179AA0#179AA0

#179AA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179AA0
RGB	rgb(23, 154, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -29.96, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 32.48, 202.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0962 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.102 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2512, 25.8291, 37.2745)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179AA0 #A01D17

analogous

#17A061 #179AA0 #1755A0

triadic

#179AA0 #A0179A #9AA017

tetradic

#179AA0 #6117A0 #A01D17 #55A017

square

#179AA0 #6117A0 #A01D17 #55A017

split-complementary

#179AA0 #A01755 #A06117

monochromatic

#083335 #0F666A #179AA0 #1FCDD6 #4CDFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#179AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#179AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179AA0

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179AA0	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C85A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 154, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8bc',
    500: '#179aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179aa0;
$custom-light: #72b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62548,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179AA0

secondary

#C7514C

accent

#3F36F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091112

muted

#7B8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #179AA0

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

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