#179E6A#179E6A

#179E6A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.134 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E6A
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 106)
HSL	hsl(157, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(157, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 32.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -46.51, 17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 49.79, 159.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.1262 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.134 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1801, 25.6746, 17.7885)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E6A #9E174B

analogous

#179E26 #179E6A #178E9E

triadic

#179E6A #6A179E #9E6A17

tetradic

#179E6A #26179E #9E174B #8E9E17

square

#179E6A #26179E #9E174B #8E9E17

split-complementary

#179E6A #9E178E #9E2617

monochromatic

#073322 #0F6946 #179E6A #1FD38E #4BE5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#179E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#179E6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E6A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E6A	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D866D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.134 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc95',
    500: '#179e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e6a;
$custom-light: #6fbc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.889,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61954,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E6A

secondary

#C64A7A

accent

#377EF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E6A

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

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