#179B9E#179B9E

#179B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179B9E
RGB	rgb(23, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -31.08, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 32.98, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0981 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.103 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2434, 26.0911, 36.4157)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179B9E #9E1A17

analogous

#179E5D #179B9E #17589E

triadic

#179B9E #9E179B #9B9E17

tetradic

#179B9E #5D179E #9E1A17 #589E17

square

#179B9E #5D179E #9E1A17 #589E17

split-complementary

#179B9E #9E1758 #9E5D17

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6769 #179B9E #1FCFD3 #4BE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#179B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#179B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179B9E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179B9E	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ba',
    500: '#179b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179b9e;
$custom-light: #72b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62729,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179B9E

secondary

#C64D4A

accent

#3B37F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #179B9E

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

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