#179AA1#179AA1

#179AA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.102 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179AA1
RGB	rgb(23, 154, 161)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -29.65, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 32.39, 203.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0958 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.102 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3390, 25.8642, 37.7370)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179AA1 #A11E17

analogous

#17A163 #179AA1 #1755A1

triadic

#179AA1 #A1179A #9AA117

tetradic

#179AA1 #6317A1 #A11E17 #55A117

square

#179AA1 #6317A1 #A11E17 #55A117

split-complementary

#179AA1 #A11755 #A16317

monochromatic

#083436 #0F676B #179AA1 #1FCDD7 #4DDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#179AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#179AA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179AA1

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179AA1	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#8E93A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 154, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.102 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8bc',
    500: '#179aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179aa1;
$custom-light: #72b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.043,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62587,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179AA1

secondary

#C7534C

accent

#4036F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #179AA1

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

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