#179B9F#179B9F

#179B9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179B9F
RGB	rgb(23, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -30.76, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 32.86, 200.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0976 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.103 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3298, 26.1257, 36.8708)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179B9F #9F1B17

analogous

#179F5F #179B9F #17579F

triadic

#179B9F #9F179B #9B9F17

tetradic

#179B9F #5F179F #9F1B17 #579F17

square

#179B9F #5F179F #9F1B17 #579F17

split-complementary

#179B9F #9F1757 #9F5F17

monochromatic

#083334 #0F676A #179B9F #1FCFD4 #4BE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#179B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#179B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179B9F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179B9F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9bb',
    500: '#179b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179b9f;
$custom-light: #72b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62766,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179B9F

secondary

#C74F4B

accent

#3C36F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #179B9F

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

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