#179F70#179F70

#179F70 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.130 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F70
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 112)
HSL	hsl(159, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(159, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 29.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -45.53, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 47.96, 161.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.1242 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.13 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6743, 26.1463, 19.5467)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F70 #9F1746

analogous

#179F2C #179F70 #178A9F

triadic

#179F70 #70179F #9F7017

tetradic

#179F70 #2C179F #9F1746 #8A9F17

square

#179F70 #2C179F #9F1746 #8A9F17

split-complementary

#179F70 #9F178A #9F2C17

monochromatic

#083425 #0F6A4A #179F70 #1FD496 #4BE5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#179F70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#179F70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F70

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F70	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)

#9C936D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.130 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc99',
    500: '#179f70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f70;
$custom-light: #70bc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.265,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F70

secondary

#C74B76

accent

#3677F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F70

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

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