#179D9E#179D9E

#179D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179D9E
RGB	rgb(23, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -32.04, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 33.59, 197.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.1 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5790, 26.7623, 36.5276)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179D9E #9E1817

analogous

#179E5B #179D9E #175A9E

triadic

#179D9E #9E179D #9D9E17

tetradic

#179D9E #5B179E #9E1817 #5A9E17

square

#179D9E #5B179E #9E1817 #5A9E17

split-complementary

#179D9E #9E175A #9E5B17

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6869 #179D9E #1FD2D3 #4BE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#179D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#179D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179D9E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179D9E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baba',
    500: '#179d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179d9e;
$custom-light: #72baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179D9E

secondary

#C64B4A

accent

#3837F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #179D9E

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

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