#179EA0#179EA0

#179EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179EA0
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -31.89, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 33.62, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.1001 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9224, 27.1715, 37.4982)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179EA0 #A01917

analogous

#17A05D #179EA0 #1759A0

triadic

#179EA0 #A0179E #9EA017

tetradic

#179EA0 #5D17A0 #A01917 #59A017

square

#179EA0 #5D17A0 #A01917 #59A017

split-complementary

#179EA0 #A01759 #A05D17

monochromatic

#083435 #0F696A #179EA0 #1FD3D6 #4CE3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#179EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#179EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179EA0

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179EA0	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbbc',
    500: '#179ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179ea0;
$custom-light: #73bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63571,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179EA0

secondary

#C74E4C

accent

#3936F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #179EA0

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

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