#177B79#177B79

#177B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.085 H 192.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177B79
RGB	rgb(23, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, -27.07, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 27.91, 194.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.97% -0.0831 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(52.97% 0.085 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8859, 15.7272, 20.5474)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177B79 #7B1719

analogous

#177B47 #177B79 #174B7B

triadic

#177B79 #79177B #7B7917

tetradic

#177B79 #47177B #7B1719 #4B7B17

square

#177B79 #47177B #7B1719 #4B7B17

split-complementary

#177B79 #7B174B #7B4717

monochromatic

#051A19 #0D4746 #177B79 #21AFAC #33D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#177B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#177B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177B79

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177B79	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.085 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a19f',
    500: '#177b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177b79;
$custom-light: #69a19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.8,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52969,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177B79

secondary

#B03E40

accent

#3C40EB

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF3F2

border

#C7CDCC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177B79

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

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