#179F6B#179F6B

#179F6B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.134 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F6B
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 107)
HSL	hsl(157, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(157, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 32.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -46.68, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 49.92, 159.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.1267 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.134 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4036, 26.0380, 18.1211)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F6B #9F174B

analogous

#179F27 #179F6B #178F9F

triadic

#179F6B #6B179F #9F6B17

tetradic

#179F6B #27179F #9F174B #8F9F17

square

#179F6B #27179F #9F174B #8F9F17

split-complementary

#179F6B #9F178F #9F2717

monochromatic

#083423 #0F6A47 #179F6B #1FD48F #4BE5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#179F6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#179F6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F6B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F6B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D876E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.134 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc95',
    500: '#179f6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f6b;
$custom-light: #6fbc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62246,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F6B

secondary

#C74B7A

accent

#367EF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F6B

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

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