#179F6F#179F6F

#179F6F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.131 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F6F
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 111)
HSL	hsl(159, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(159, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 30.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -45.76, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 48.35, 161.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.1247 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.131 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6190, 26.1241, 19.2551)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F6F #9F1747

analogous

#179F2B #179F6F #178B9F

triadic

#179F6F #6F179F #9F6F17

tetradic

#179F6F #2B179F #9F1747 #8B9F17

square

#179F6F #2B179F #9F1747 #8B9F17

split-complementary

#179F6F #9F178B #9F2B17

monochromatic

#083424 #0F6A4A #179F6F #1FD494 #4BE5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#179F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#179F6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F6F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F6F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C926C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.131 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc98',
    500: '#179f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f6f;
$custom-light: #70bc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6234,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F6F

secondary

#C74B77

accent

#3678F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F6F

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

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