#179E87#179E87

#179E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E87
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -39.24, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 39.32, 176.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.1119 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.112 177)
XYZ	xyz(16.9511, 26.3830, 27.1160)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E87 #9E172E

analogous

#179E44 #179E87 #17719E

triadic

#179E87 #87179E #9E8717

tetradic

#179E87 #44179E #9E172E #719E17

square

#179E87 #44179E #9E172E #719E17

split-complementary

#179E87 #9E1771 #9E4417

monochromatic

#07332C #0F6959 #179E87 #1FD3B5 #4BE5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#179E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#179E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E87

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E87	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba9',
    500: '#179e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e87;
$custom-light: #70bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.778,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62728,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.26385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E87

secondary

#C64A60

accent

#3756F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E87

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

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