#179E6C#179E6C

#179E6C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.132 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E6C
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 108)
HSL	hsl(158, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(158, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 31.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -46.06, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 49.00, 160.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.1252 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.132 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2853, 25.7166, 18.3427)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E6C #9E1749

analogous

#179E29 #179E6C #178C9E

triadic

#179E6C #6C179E #9E6C17

tetradic

#179E6C #29179E #9E1749 #8C9E17

square

#179E6C #29179E #9E1749 #8C9E17

split-complementary

#179E6C #9E178C #9E2917

monochromatic

#073323 #0F6947 #179E6C #1FD391 #4BE5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#179E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#179E6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E6C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E6C	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)

#9C9169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C866F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.132 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc96',
    500: '#179e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e6c;
$custom-light: #6fbc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E6C

secondary

#C64A78

accent

#377CF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E6C

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

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