#179F74#179F74

#179F74 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.127 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F74
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 116)
HSL	hsl(161, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 27%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -44.58, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 46.42, 163.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.1223 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.127 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9020, 26.2374, 20.7458)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F74 #9F1742

analogous

#179F30 #179F74 #17869F

triadic

#179F74 #74179F #9F7417

tetradic

#179F74 #30179F #9F1742 #869F17

square

#179F74 #30179F #9F1742 #869F17

split-complementary

#179F74 #9F1786 #9F3017

monochromatic

#083426 #0F6A4D #179F74 #1FD49B #4BE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#179F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#179F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F74

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F74	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.127 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc9c',
    500: '#179f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f74;
$custom-light: #70bc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.029,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62464,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F74

secondary

#C74B72

accent

#3672F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F74

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

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