#179E69#179E69

#179E69 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.135 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E69
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 105)
HSL	hsl(156, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(156, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 33.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -46.73, 18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 50.19, 158.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.1267 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.135 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1284, 25.6539, 17.5162)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E69 #9E174C

analogous

#179E25 #179E69 #17909E

triadic

#179E69 #69179E #9E6917

tetradic

#179E69 #25179E #9E174C #909E17

square

#179E69 #25179E #9E174C #909E17

split-complementary

#179E69 #9E1790 #9E2517

monochromatic

#073322 #0F6945 #179E69 #1FD38D #4BE5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#179E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#179E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E69

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E69	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D866D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.135 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc94',
    500: '#179e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e69;
$custom-light: #6fbc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61931,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E69

secondary

#C64A7B

accent

#3780F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E69

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

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