#179CA1#179CA1

#179CA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.103 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179CA1
RGB	rgb(23, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -30.62, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 32.93, 201.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0977 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.103 199)
XYZ	xyz(18.6719, 26.5299, 37.8480)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179CA1 #A11C17

analogous

#17A161 #179CA1 #1757A1

triadic

#179CA1 #A1179C #9CA117

tetradic

#179CA1 #6117A1 #A11C17 #57A117

square

#179CA1 #6117A1 #A11C17 #57A117

split-complementary

#179CA1 #A11757 #A16117

monochromatic

#083436 #0F686B #179CA1 #1FD0D7 #4DE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#179CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#179CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179CA1

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179CA1	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9094A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.103 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9bc',
    500: '#179ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179ca1;
$custom-light: #73b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.174,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63097,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.26532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179CA1

secondary

#C7514C

accent

#3D36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #179CA1

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

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