#179D5B#179D5B

#179D5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.147 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179D5B
RGB	rgb(23, 157, 91)
HSL	hsl(150, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(150, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 42%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -49.27, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 55.34, 152.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.1325 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.147 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2972, 25.0496, 13.9770)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179D5B #9D1759

analogous

#179D18 #179D5B #179C9D

triadic

#179D5B #5B179D #9D5B17

tetradic

#179D5B #18179D #9D1759 #9C9D17

square

#179D5B #18179D #9D1759 #9C9D17

split-complementary

#179D5B #9D179C #9D1817

monochromatic

#07321D #0F683C #179D5B #1FD27A #4AE498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#179D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#179D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179D5B

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179D5B	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 157, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.147 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb8a',
    500: '#179d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179d5b;
$custom-light: #6fbb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.448,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61365,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179D5B

secondary

#C64A87

accent

#3793F1

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #179D5B

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

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