#179F75#179F75

#179F75 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F75
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 117)
HSL	hsl(161, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 26.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -44.34, 12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 46.05, 164.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.1218 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.126 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9605, 26.2607, 21.0538)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F75 #9F1741

analogous

#179F31 #179F75 #17859F

triadic

#179F75 #75179F #9F7517

tetradic

#179F75 #31179F #9F1741 #859F17

square

#179F75 #31179F #9F1741 #859F17

split-complementary

#179F75 #9F1785 #9F3117

monochromatic

#083426 #0F6A4E #179F75 #1FD49C #4BE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#179F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#179F75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F75

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F75	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)

#9B9373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc9c',
    500: '#179f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f75;
$custom-light: #70bc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.471,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62489,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F75

secondary

#C74B71

accent

#3670F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F75

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

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