#179F81#179F81

#179F81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.117 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F81
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 129)
HSL	hsl(167, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 18.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -41.29, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 41.74, 171.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.1158 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.117 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7118, 26.5613, 25.0107)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F81 #9F1735

analogous

#179F3D #179F81 #17799F

triadic

#179F81 #81179F #9F8117

tetradic

#179F81 #3D179F #9F1735 #799F17

square

#179F81 #3D179F #9F1735 #799F17

split-complementary

#179F81 #9F1779 #9F3D17

monochromatic

#08342A #0F6A56 #179F81 #1FD4AC #4BE5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#179F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#179F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F81

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F81	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.117 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bca5',
    500: '#179f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f81;
$custom-light: #70bca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62814,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F81

secondary

#C74B66

accent

#3660F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F81

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

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