#179CB4#179CB4

#179CB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.108 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179CB4
RGB	rgb(23, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -24.43, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 32.78, 221.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0895 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.108 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4764, 27.2517, 47.3520)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179CB4 #B42F17

analogous

#17B47E #179CB4 #174EB4

triadic

#179CB4 #B4179C #9CB417

tetradic

#179CB4 #7E17B4 #B42F17 #4EB417

square

#179CB4 #7E17B4 #B42F17 #4EB417

split-complementary

#179CB4 #B4174E #B47E17

monochromatic

#093E47 #106D7E #179CB4 #25C6E3 #5BD4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#179CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#179CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179CB4

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179CB4	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.108 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ca',
    500: '#179cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179cb4;
$custom-light: #75b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.172,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179CB4

secondary

#CE6B59

accent

#5134F4

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #179CB4

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

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