#179F5B#179F5B

#179F5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.149 H 154.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F5B
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 91)
HSL	hsl(150, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(150, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 42.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -50.01, 26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 56.39, 152.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.1344 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.149 154.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6384, 25.7319, 14.0907)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F5B #9F175B

analogous

#179F17 #179F5B #179F9F

triadic

#179F5B #5B179F #9F5B17

tetradic

#179F5B #17179F #9F175B #9F9F17

square

#179F5B #17179F #9F175B #9F9F17

split-complementary

#179F5B #9F179F #9F1717

monochromatic

#08341E #0F6A3C #179F5B #1FD47A #4BE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#179F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#179F5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F5B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F5B	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.149 154.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8a',
    500: '#179f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f5b;
$custom-light: #6fbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6191,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 154.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F5B

secondary

#C74B89

accent

#3694F1

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F5B

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

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