#179AB4#179AB4

#179AB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.108 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179AB4
RGB	rgb(23, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -23.40, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 32.68, 224.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0877 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.108 216)
XYZ	xyz(20.1436, 26.5860, 47.2411)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179AB4 #B43117

analogous

#17B47F #179AB4 #174CB4

triadic

#179AB4 #B4179A #9AB417

tetradic

#179AB4 #7F17B4 #B43117 #4CB417

square

#179AB4 #7F17B4 #B43117 #4CB417

split-complementary

#179AB4 #B4174C #B47F17

monochromatic

#093D47 #106C7E #179AB4 #25C4E3 #5BD2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#179AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#179AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179AB4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179AB4	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8895B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.108 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ca',
    500: '#179ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179ab4;
$custom-light: #75b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.936,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.26589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179AB4

secondary

#CE6C59

accent

#5434F4

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #179AB4

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

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