#177988#177988

#177988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.086 H 210.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177988
RGB	rgb(23, 121, 136)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 11%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, -21.10, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 26.39, 216.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% -0.0741 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.086 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6327, 15.6330, 25.6921)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177988 #882617

analogous

#17885E #177988 #174088

triadic

#177988 #881779 #798817

tetradic

#177988 #5E1788 #882617 #408817

square

#177988 #5E1788 #882617 #408817

split-complementary

#177988 #881740 #885E17

monochromatic

#051C1F #0E4A54 #177988 #20A8BC #3BC8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#177988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#177988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177988

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177988	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 121, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.086 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0aa',
    500: '#177988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177988;
$custom-light: #6ba0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.965,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53043,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177988

secondary

#BC503F

accent

#523AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177988

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

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