#179D9F#179D9F

#179D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179D9F
RGB	rgb(23, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -31.73, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 33.45, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0996 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6654, 26.7969, 36.9827)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179D9F #9F1917

analogous

#179F5D #179D9F #17599F

triadic

#179D9F #9F179D #9D9F17

tetradic

#179D9F #5D179F #9F1917 #599F17

square

#179D9F #5D179F #9F1917 #599F17

split-complementary

#179D9F #9F1759 #9F5D17

monochromatic

#083334 #0F686A #179D9F #1FD2D4 #4BE3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#179D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#179D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179D9F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179D9F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73babb',
    500: '#179d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179d9f;
$custom-light: #73babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63278,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179D9F

secondary

#C74D4B

accent

#3936F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #179D9F

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

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