#179F72#179F72

#179F72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.128 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F72
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 114)
HSL	hsl(160, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(160, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 28.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -45.06, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 47.19, 162.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.1232 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.128 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7869, 26.1913, 20.1397)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F72 #9F1744

analogous

#179F2E #179F72 #17889F

triadic

#179F72 #72179F #9F7217

tetradic

#179F72 #2E179F #9F1744 #889F17

square

#179F72 #2E179F #9F1744 #889F17

split-complementary

#179F72 #9F1788 #9F2E17

monochromatic

#083425 #0F6A4C #179F72 #1FD498 #4BE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#179F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#179F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F72

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F72	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C936F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.128 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc9a',
    500: '#179f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f72;
$custom-light: #70bc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.147,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62414,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F72

secondary

#C74B74

accent

#3674F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F72

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

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