#179F9F#179F9F

#179F9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179F9F
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 0%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -32.68, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 34.08, 196.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.1015 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.105 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0065, 27.4792, 37.0964)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179F9F #9F1717

analogous

#179F5B #179F9F #175B9F

triadic

#179F9F #9F179F #9F9F17

tetradic

#179F9F #5B179F #9F1717 #5B9F17

square

#179F9F #5B179F #9F1717 #5B9F17

split-complementary

#179F9F #9F175B #9F5B17

monochromatic

#083434 #0F6A6A #179F9F #1FD4D4 #4BE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#179F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#179F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179F9F

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179F9F	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8289A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbb',
    500: '#179f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179f9f;
$custom-light: #73bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6379,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179F9F

secondary

#C74B4B

accent

#3636F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #179F9F

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

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