#179E5E#179E5E

#179E5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.145 H 155.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E5E
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 94)
HSL	hsl(152, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(152, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 40.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -49.05, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 54.64, 153.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.132 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.145 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5991, 25.4422, 14.7289)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E5E #9E1757

analogous

#179E1B #179E5E #179A9E

triadic

#179E5E #5E179E #9E5E17

tetradic

#179E5E #1B179E #9E1757 #9A9E17

square

#179E5E #1B179E #9E1757 #9A9E17

split-complementary

#179E5E #9E179A #9E1B17

monochromatic

#07331E #0F693E #179E5E #1FD37E #4BE59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#179E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#179E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E5E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E5E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D905A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.145 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8c',
    500: '#179e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e5e;
$custom-light: #6fbc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61696,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E5E

secondary

#C64A85

accent

#378FF1

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E5E

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

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