#177B86#177B86

#177B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.086 H 206.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177B86
RGB	rgb(23, 123, 134)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, -22.83, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 26.68, 211.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% -0.077 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.086 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7375, 16.0678, 25.0324)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177B86 #862217

analogous

#178659 #177B86 #174386

triadic

#177B86 #86177B #7B8617

tetradic

#177B86 #591786 #862217 #438617

square

#177B86 #591786 #862217 #438617

split-complementary

#177B86 #861743 #865917

monochromatic

#051B1E #0E4B52 #177B86 #20ABBA #3ACDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#177B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#177B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177B86

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177B86	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 123, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.086 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba1a9',
    500: '#177b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177b86;
$custom-light: #6ba1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53483,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177B86

secondary

#BA4B3F

accent

#4C3AED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177B86

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

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