#177A7B#177A7B

#177A7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.084 H 196.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A7B
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 123)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, -25.94, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 27.24, 197.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% -0.0811 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.084 196)
XYZ	xyz(10.8864, 15.5299, 21.1589)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A7B #7B1817

analogous

#177B4A #177A7B #17487B

triadic

#177A7B #7B177A #7A7B17

tetradic

#177A7B #4A177B #7B1817 #487B17

square

#177A7B #4A177B #7B1817 #487B17

split-complementary

#177A7B #7B1748 #7B4A17

monochromatic

#051A1A #0D4747 #177A7B #21ADAF #33D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#177A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#177A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A7B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A7B	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71747B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63697C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.084 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a1a1',
    500: '#177a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a7b;
$custom-light: #69a1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52778,
    "c": 0.08435,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.15531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A7B

secondary

#B03F3E

accent

#3E3CEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A7B

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

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