#179BB4#179BB4

#179BB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.108 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179BB4
RGB	rgb(23, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -23.92, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 32.72, 223.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0886 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.108 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3093, 26.9175, 47.2963)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179BB4 #B43017

analogous

#17B47E #179BB4 #174DB4

triadic

#179BB4 #B4179B #9BB417

tetradic

#179BB4 #7E17B4 #B43017 #4DB417

square

#179BB4 #7E17B4 #B43017 #4DB417

split-complementary

#179BB4 #B4174D #B47E17

monochromatic

#093E47 #106C7E #179BB4 #25C5E3 #5BD3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#179BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#179BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179BB4

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179BB4	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.108 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ca',
    500: '#179bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179bb4;
$custom-light: #75b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.554,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63613,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179BB4

secondary

#CE6C59

accent

#5234F4

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #179BB4

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

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