#177A78#177A78

#177A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.085 H 192.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A78
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 120)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, -26.89, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 27.72, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% -0.0825 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.085 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7015, 15.4560, 20.1849)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A78 #7A1719

analogous

#177A46 #177A78 #174A7A

triadic

#177A78 #78177A #7A7817

tetradic

#177A78 #46177A #7A1719 #4A7A17

square

#177A78 #46177A #7A1719 #4A7A17

split-complementary

#177A78 #7A174A #7A4617

monochromatic

#051A19 #0D4745 #177A78 #21ADAB #33D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#177A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#177A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A78

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A78	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.085 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a19e',
    500: '#177a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a78;
$custom-light: #69a19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.788,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52664,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A78

secondary

#AF3E40

accent

#3D40EB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A78

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

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