#177A87#177A87

#177A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.086 H 208.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A87
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 135)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 9.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, -21.97, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 26.50, 214.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% -0.0756 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.086 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6841, 15.8490, 25.3603)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A87 #872417

analogous

#17875C #177A87 #174287

triadic

#177A87 #87177A #7A8717

tetradic

#177A87 #5C1787 #872417 #428717

square

#177A87 #5C1787 #872417 #428717

split-complementary

#177A87 #871742 #875C17

monochromatic

#051B1E #0E4B53 #177A87 #20A9BB #3BCBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#177A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#177A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A87

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A87	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.086 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0aa',
    500: '#177a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a87;
$custom-light: #6ba0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.964,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53262,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A87

secondary

#BB4D3F

accent

#4F3AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A87

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

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