#179FA1#179FA1

#179FA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179FA1
RGB	rgb(23, 159, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -32.06, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 33.80, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.1006 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.105 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1815, 27.5492, 38.0179)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179FA1 #A11917

analogous

#17A15E #179FA1 #175AA1

triadic

#179FA1 #A1179F #9FA117

tetradic

#179FA1 #5E17A1 #A11917 #5AA117

square

#179FA1 #5E17A1 #A11917 #5AA117

split-complementary

#179FA1 #A1175A #A15E17

monochromatic

#083536 #0F6A6B #179FA1 #1FD4D7 #4DE3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#179FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#179FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179FA1

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179FA1	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9397A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 159, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbc',
    500: '#179fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179fa1;
$custom-light: #73bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63863,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179FA1

secondary

#C74E4C

accent

#3936F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #179FA1

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

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