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#178E6E

#178e6e ≈ Viridian

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#178e6e is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 55.69% green and 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.54% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 163.87°, with 72.12% saturation and 32.35% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Viridian (#40826d), ΔE 5.99.

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Web safe#009966
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Relative luminance0.2065

Complementary

  1. #178e6e
  2. #8e1737

Split complementary

  1. #178e6e
  2. #8e1772
  3. #8e3317

Analogous

  1. #178e33
  2. #178e6e
  3. #17728e

Triadic

  1. #178e6e
  2. #6e178e
  3. #8e6e17

Tetradic

  1. #178e6e
  2. #17378e
  3. #8e1737
  4. #8e6e17

Square

  1. #178e6e
  2. #33178e
  3. #8e1737
  4. #728e17

Monochromatic

  1. #03120e
  2. #0c4c3b
  3. #178e6e
  4. #22d0a1
  5. #5ae4bf

Shades

#178e6e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178e6e
  2. #158063
  3. #127258
  4. #10634d
  5. #0e5542
  6. #0c4737
  7. #09392c
  8. #072b21
  9. #051c16
  10. #020e0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#178e6e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178e6e
  2. #2e997d
  3. #45a58b
  4. #5db09a
  5. #74bba8
  6. #8bc7b7
  7. #a2d2c5
  8. #b9ddd4
  9. #d1e8e2
  10. #e8f4f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178e6e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178e6e
  2. #228d70
  3. #2c8b72
  4. #378a73
  5. #418875
  6. #4c8777
  7. #568679
  8. #61847b
  9. #6b837c
  10. #76817e
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #648478 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a846c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c7970 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008f85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e886d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63826f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008f7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178e6e {
  color: #178e6e;
}
Background
.bg-178e6e {
  background-color: #178e6e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178e6e {
  border: 2px solid #178e6e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178e6e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 142 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 72% 32%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178e6e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178e6e, #17728e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178e6e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 142 110 / 0.35);
}

#40826d Viridian ΔE 5.99 #2e8b57 Sea Green ΔE 6.29 #009e60 Shamrock Green ΔE 8.52 #00755e Tropical Rain Forest ΔE 9.28 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.41 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 9.55 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.24 #e87191 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Viridian
#178e6e  rgb(23, 142, 110)  hsl(164, 72%, 32%)  Viridian
#8e1737  rgb(142, 23, 55)  hsl(344, 72%, 32%)  Claret
#6e178e  rgb(110, 23, 142)  hsl(284, 72%, 32%)  Eminence
#8e6e17  rgb(142, 110, 23)  hsl(44, 72%, 32%)  Golden Brown