#179F73#179F73

#179F73 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.127 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F73
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 115)
HSL	hsl(161, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 27.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -44.82, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 46.80, 163.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.1228 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.127 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8441, 26.2142, 20.4411)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F73 #9F1743

analogous

#179F2F #179F73 #17879F

triadic

#179F73 #73179F #9F7317

tetradic

#179F73 #2F179F #9F1743 #879F17

square

#179F73 #2F179F #9F1743 #879F17

split-complementary

#179F73 #9F1787 #9F2F17

monochromatic

#083426 #0F6A4C #179F73 #1FD49A #4BE5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#179F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#179F73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F73

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F73	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#9C9371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.127 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc9b',
    500: '#179f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f73;
$custom-light: #70bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.588,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62438,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F73

secondary

#C74B73

accent

#3673F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F73

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

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