#177A85#177A85

#177A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.086 H 206.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A85
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 133)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, -22.65, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 26.49, 211.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% -0.0765 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.086 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5446, 15.7932, 24.6257)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A85 #852217

analogous

#178559 #177A85 #174385

triadic

#177A85 #85177A #7A8517

tetradic

#177A85 #591785 #852217 #438517

square

#177A85 #591785 #852217 #438517

split-complementary

#177A85 #851743 #855917

monochromatic

#051A1D #0E4A51 #177A85 #20AAB9 #3ACDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#177A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#177A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A85

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A85	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.086 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa0a8',
    500: '#177a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a85;
$custom-light: #6aa0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53178,
    "c": 0.08551,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A85

secondary

#B94B3F

accent

#4C3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A85

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

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