#179E6B#179E6B

#179E6B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.133 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E6B
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 107)
HSL	hsl(157, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(157, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 32.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -46.28, 17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 49.40, 159.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.1257 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.133 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2324, 25.6955, 18.0640)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E6B #9E174A

analogous

#179E27 #179E6B #178E9E

triadic

#179E6B #6B179E #9E6B17

tetradic

#179E6B #27179E #9E174A #8E9E17

square

#179E6B #27179E #9E174A #8E9E17

split-complementary

#179E6B #9E178E #9E2717

monochromatic

#073323 #0F6947 #179E6B #1FD38F #4BE5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#179E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#179E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E6B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E6B	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)

#9C9168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C866E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.133 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc95',
    500: '#179e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e6b;
$custom-light: #6fbc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61977,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E6B

secondary

#C64A79

accent

#377DF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E6B

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

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