#177D79#177D79

#177D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.087 H 190.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177D79
RGB	rgb(23, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(178, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(178, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, -28.06, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 28.65, 191.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% -0.0852 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.087 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1365, 16.2285, 20.6309)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177D79 #7D171B

analogous

#177D46 #177D79 #174E7D

triadic

#177D79 #79177D #7D7917

tetradic

#177D79 #46177D #7D171B #4E7D17

square

#177D79 #46177D #7D171B #4E7D17

split-complementary

#177D79 #7D174E #7D4617

monochromatic

#051A19 #0D4947 #177D79 #21B1AB #35DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#177D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#177D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177D79

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177D79	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.087 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a39f',
    500: '#177d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177d79;
$custom-light: #69a39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53505,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177D79

secondary

#B23E43

accent

#3C43EC

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177D79

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

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