#178e85

Color #178e85

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 5.42 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#178e85

RGB

rgb(23, 142, 133)

HSL

hsl(175.5, 72.1%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.5, 83.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(53.19, -32.56, -4.04)

LCH

lch(53.19, 32.81, 187.07)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0975, 186.78)

HWB

hwb(175.5, 9%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e1720

Analogous

#178e4a

#178e85

#175c8e

Triadic

#178e85

#85178e

#8e8517

Split-complementary

#178e85

#8e175c

#8e4a17

Tetradic

#178e85

#17208e

#8e1720

#8e8517

Square

#178e85

#4a178e

#8e1720

#5c8e17

Shades

Color #178e85 mixed toward black.

#13766f

#0f5f59

#0c4743

#082f2c

#041816

Tints

Color #178e85 mixed toward white.

#1fc0b4

#39dfd3

#6be7de

#9cefe9

#cef7f4

Tones

Color #178e85 mixed toward gray.

#21847d

#2b7a74

#35706c

#3f6663

#495d5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626387 · ΔE 30.3

Deuteranopia

#5c5388 · ΔE 35.3

Tritanopia

#288989 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #178e85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#178e85]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#178e85 (#178e85) is rgb(23, 142, 133) in RGB.

No, #178e85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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