#177A79#177A79

#177A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.085 H 193.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A79
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 121)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, -26.58, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 27.55, 195.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% -0.082 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.085 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7625, 15.4804, 20.5062)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A79 #7A1718

analogous

#177A47 #177A79 #17497A

triadic

#177A79 #79177A #7A7917

tetradic

#177A79 #47177A #7A1718 #497A17

square

#177A79 #47177A #7A1718 #497A17

split-complementary

#177A79 #7A1749 #7A4717

monochromatic

#051A1A #0D4746 #177A79 #21ADAC #33D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#177A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#177A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A79

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A79	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64697A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.085 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a19f',
    500: '#177a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a79;
$custom-light: #69a19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.394,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52702,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A79

secondary

#AF3E3F

accent

#3D3EEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A79

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

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