#179F79#179F79

#179F79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.123 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F79
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 23.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -43.35, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 44.56, 166.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.1198 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.123 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2007, 26.3568, 22.3190)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F79 #9F173D

analogous

#179F35 #179F79 #17819F

triadic

#179F79 #79179F #9F7917

tetradic

#179F79 #35179F #9F173D #819F17

square

#179F79 #35179F #9F173D #819F17

split-complementary

#179F79 #9F1781 #9F3517

monochromatic

#083428 #0F6A50 #179F79 #1FD4A2 #4BE5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#179F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#179F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F79

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F79	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.123 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc9f',
    500: '#179f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f79;
$custom-light: #70bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.235,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62593,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F79

secondary

#C74B6E

accent

#366BF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F79

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

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