#179E75#179E75

#179E75 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.125 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E75
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 117)
HSL	hsl(162, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 25.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -43.93, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 45.53, 164.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.1208 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.125 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7892, 25.9182, 20.9967)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E75 #9E1740

analogous

#179E32 #179E75 #17839E

triadic

#179E75 #75179E #9E7517

tetradic

#179E75 #32179E #9E1740 #839E17

square

#179E75 #32179E #9E1740 #839E17

split-complementary

#179E75 #9E1783 #9E3217

monochromatic

#073326 #0F694D #179E75 #1FD39D #4BE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#179E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#179E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E75

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E75	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.125 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9c',
    500: '#179e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e75;
$custom-light: #6fbb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62222,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E75

secondary

#C64A70

accent

#376FF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E75

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

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