#177A88#177A88

#177A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.086 H 209.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A88
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 136)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, -21.63, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 26.53, 215.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% -0.0751 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.086 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7549, 15.8773, 25.7329)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A88 #882517

analogous

#17885D #177A88 #174188

triadic

#177A88 #88177A #7A8817

tetradic

#177A88 #5D1788 #882517 #418817

square

#177A88 #5D1788 #882517 #418817

split-complementary

#177A88 #881741 #885D17

monochromatic

#051C1F #0E4B54 #177A88 #20A9BC #3BCADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#177A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#177A88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A88

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A88	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.086 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0aa',
    500: '#177a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a88;
$custom-light: #6ba0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.434,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53305,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A88

secondary

#BC4E3F

accent

#503AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A88

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

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