#179EA1#179EA1

#179EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179EA1
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -31.58, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 33.50, 199.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0997 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.104 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0102, 27.2066, 37.9608)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179EA1 #A11A17

analogous

#17A15F #179EA1 #1759A1

triadic

#179EA1 #A1179E #9EA117

tetradic

#179EA1 #5F17A1 #A11A17 #59A117

square

#179EA1 #5F17A1 #A11A17 #59A117

split-complementary

#179EA1 #A11759 #A15F17

monochromatic

#083536 #0F696B #179EA1 #1FD3D7 #4DE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#179EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#179EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179EA1

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179EA1	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbbc',
    500: '#179ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179ea1;
$custom-light: #73bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63608,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179EA1

secondary

#C74F4C

accent

#3A36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #179EA1

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

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