#177A8A#177A8A

#177A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.087 H 211.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177A8A
RGB	rgb(23, 122, 138)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, -20.95, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 26.62, 218.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% -0.0743 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.087 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8983, 15.9347, 26.4884)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177A8A #8A2717

analogous

#178A61 #177A8A #17418A

triadic

#177A8A #8A177A #7A8A17

tetradic

#177A8A #61178A #8A2717 #418A17

square

#177A8A #61178A #8A2717 #418A17

split-complementary

#177A8A #8A1741 #8A6117

monochromatic

#061D21 #0E4C56 #177A8A #20A8BE #3DC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#177A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#177A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177A8A

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177A8A	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D758B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 122, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.087 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0ac',
    500: '#177a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177a8a;
$custom-light: #6ba0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.348,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53391,
    "c": 0.08725,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177A8A

secondary

#BE513F

accent

#533AEE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177A8A

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

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