#179E88#179E88

#179E88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.112 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E88
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -38.97, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 39.01, 177.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.1114 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.112 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0218, 26.4113, 27.4885)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E88 #9E172D

analogous

#179E44 #179E88 #17709E

triadic

#179E88 #88179E #9E8817

tetradic

#179E88 #44179E #9E172D #709E17

square

#179E88 #44179E #9E172D #709E17

split-complementary

#179E88 #9E1770 #9E4417

monochromatic

#07332C #0F695A #179E88 #1FD3B6 #4BE5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#179E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#179E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E88

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E88	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#979487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87878A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.112 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbaa',
    500: '#179e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e88;
$custom-light: #71bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E88

secondary

#C64A5F

accent

#3755F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E88

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

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