#179E6D#179E6D

#179E6D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.131 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E6D
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 109)
HSL	hsl(158, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(158, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 31%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -45.83, 16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 48.61, 160.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.1247 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.131 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3388, 25.7381, 18.6245)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E6D #9E1748

analogous

#179E29 #179E6D #178B9E

triadic

#179E6D #6D179E #9E6D17

tetradic

#179E6D #29179E #9E1748 #8B9E17

square

#179E6D #29179E #9E1748 #8B9E17

split-complementary

#179E6D #9E178B #9E2917

monochromatic

#073323 #0F6948 #179E6D #1FD392 #4BE5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#179E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#179E6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E6D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E6D	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B916A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.131 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc97',
    500: '#179e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e6d;
$custom-light: #6fbc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62024,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E6D

secondary

#C64A77

accent

#377AF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E6D

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

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