#177A89#177A89

#177A89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.087 H 210.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A89
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 137)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, -21.29, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 26.57, 216.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% -0.0747 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.087 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8263, 15.9059, 26.1089)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A89 #892617

analogous

#17895F #177A89 #174189

triadic

#177A89 #89177A #7A8917

tetradic

#177A89 #5F1789 #892617 #418917

square

#177A89 #5F1789 #892617 #418917

split-complementary

#177A89 #891741 #895F17

monochromatic

#051D20 #0E4B55 #177A89 #20A9BD #3CC9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#177A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#177A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A89

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A89	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E758A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.087 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0ab',
    500: '#177a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a89;
$custom-light: #6ba0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53348,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A89

secondary

#BD503F

accent

#523AEE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A89

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

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