#179E76#179E76

#179E76 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.124 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E76
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 118)
HSL	hsl(162, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 25.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -43.69, 11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 45.16, 165.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.1203 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.124 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8483, 25.9419, 21.3080)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E76 #9E173F

analogous

#179E32 #179E76 #17829E

triadic

#179E76 #76179E #9E7617

tetradic

#179E76 #32179E #9E173F #829E17

square

#179E76 #32179E #9E173F #829E17

split-complementary

#179E76 #9E1782 #9E3217

monochromatic

#073326 #0F694E #179E76 #1FD39E #4BE5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#179E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#179E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E76

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E76	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bb9d',
    500: '#179e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e76;
$custom-light: #70bb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62248,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E76

secondary

#C64A6F

accent

#376EF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E76

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

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