#179BA1#179BA1

#179BA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179BA1
RGB	rgb(23, 155, 161)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -30.13, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 32.66, 202.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0967 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.103 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5048, 26.1957, 37.7923)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179BA1 #A11D17

analogous

#17A162 #179BA1 #1756A1

triadic

#179BA1 #A1179B #9BA117

tetradic

#179BA1 #6217A1 #A11D17 #56A117

square

#179BA1 #6217A1 #A11D17 #56A117

split-complementary

#179BA1 #A11756 #A16217

monochromatic

#083436 #0F676B #179BA1 #1FCFD7 #4DDFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#179BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#179BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179BA1

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179BA1	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F94A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 155, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9bc',
    500: '#179ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179ba1;
$custom-light: #72b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62842,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179BA1

secondary

#C7524C

accent

#3E36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #179BA1

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

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