#179E78#179E78

#179E78 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.122 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E78
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 120)
HSL	hsl(163, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -43.19, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 44.42, 166.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.1193 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.122 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9684, 25.9899, 21.9406)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E78 #9E173D

analogous

#179E34 #179E78 #17809E

triadic

#179E78 #78179E #9E7817

tetradic

#179E78 #34179E #9E173D #809E17

square

#179E78 #34179E #9E173D #809E17

split-complementary

#179E78 #9E1780 #9E3417

monochromatic

#073327 #0F694F #179E78 #1FD3A1 #4BE5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#179E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#179E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E78

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E78	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.122 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bb9f',
    500: '#179e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e78;
$custom-light: #70bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E78

secondary

#C64A6D

accent

#376BF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E78

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

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