#179E5B#179E5B

#179E5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.148 H 154.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E5B
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 91)
HSL	hsl(150, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(150, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 42.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -49.64, 25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 55.86, 152.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.1335 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.148 154.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4671, 25.3894, 14.0337)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E5B #9E175A

analogous

#179E17 #179E5B #179D9E

triadic

#179E5B #5B179E #9E5B17

tetradic

#179E5B #17179E #9E175A #9D9E17

square

#179E5B #17179E #9E175A #9D9E17

split-complementary

#179E5B #9E179D #9E1717

monochromatic

#07331D #0F693C #179E5B #1FD37A #4BE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#179E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#179E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E5B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E5B	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.148 154.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8a',
    500: '#179e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e5b;
$custom-light: #6fbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61638,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 154.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E5B

secondary

#C64A88

accent

#3793F1

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E5B

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

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