#177B6E#177B6E

#177B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.089 H 181.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177B6E
RGB	rgb(23, 123, 110)
HSL	hsl(172, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(172, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 0%, 10.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, -30.44, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 30.45, 181.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% -0.0885 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.089 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2494, 15.4726, 17.1951)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177B6E #7B1724

analogous

#177B3C #177B6E #17567B

triadic

#177B6E #6E177B #7B6E17

tetradic

#177B6E #3C177B #7B1724 #567B17

square

#177B6E #3C177B #7B1724 #567B17

split-complementary

#177B6E #7B1756 #7B3C17

monochromatic

#051A17 #0D4740 #177B6E #21AF9C #33D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#177B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#177B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177B6E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177B6E	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75736E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 123, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.089 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a297',
    500: '#177b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177b6e;
$custom-light: #68a297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5258,
    "c": 0.08853,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177B6E

secondary

#B03E4D

accent

#3C53EB

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF3F2

border

#C7CDCC

text

#070F0D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177B6E

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

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