#179E77#179E77

#179E77 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E77
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 119)
HSL	hsl(163, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 24.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -43.44, 10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 44.79, 165.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.1198 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.123 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9081, 25.9658, 21.6226)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E77 #9E173E

analogous

#179E34 #179E77 #17819E

triadic

#179E77 #77179E #9E7717

tetradic

#179E77 #34179E #9E173E #819E17

square

#179E77 #34179E #9E173E #819E17

split-complementary

#179E77 #9E1781 #9E3417

monochromatic

#073327 #0F694F #179E77 #1FD39F #4BE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#179E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#179E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E77

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E77	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)

#9A9275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bb9e',
    500: '#179e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e77;
$custom-light: #70bb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.667,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62274,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E77

secondary

#C64A6E

accent

#376CF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E77

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

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