#179F6A#179F6A

#179F6A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.135 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F6A
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 106)
HSL	hsl(157, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(157, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 33.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -46.90, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 50.32, 158.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.1272 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.135 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3513, 26.0171, 17.8456)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F6A #9F174C

analogous

#179F26 #179F6A #17909F

triadic

#179F6A #6A179F #9F6A17

tetradic

#179F6A #26179F #9F174C #909F17

square

#179F6A #26179F #9F174C #909F17

split-complementary

#179F6A #9F1790 #9F2617

monochromatic

#083423 #0F6A46 #179F6A #1FD48E #4BE5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#179F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#179F6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F6A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F6A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E876E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.135 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc95',
    500: '#179f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f6a;
$custom-light: #6fbc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.618,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62223,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F6A

secondary

#C74B7B

accent

#367FF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F6A

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

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