#179FA0#179FA0

#179FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179FA0
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -32.37, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 33.93, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.1011 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.105 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0937, 27.5140, 37.5553)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179FA0 #A01817

analogous

#17A05C #179FA0 #175AA0

triadic

#179FA0 #A0179F #9FA017

tetradic

#179FA0 #5C17A0 #A01817 #5AA017

square

#179FA0 #5C17A0 #A01817 #5AA017

split-complementary

#179FA0 #A0175A #A05C17

monochromatic

#083535 #0F6A6A #179FA0 #1FD4D6 #4CE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#179FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#179FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179FA0

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179FA0	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)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbc',
    500: '#179fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179fa0;
$custom-light: #73bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.438,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179FA0

secondary

#C74D4C

accent

#3836F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #179FA0

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

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