#177D85#177D85

#177D85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.087 H 203.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177D85
RGB	rgb(23, 125, 133)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 6%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, -24.20, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 27.14, 206.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% -0.0795 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.087 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9187, 16.5413, 24.7504)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177D85 #851F17

analogous

#178556 #177D85 #174685

triadic

#177D85 #85177D #7D8517

tetradic

#177D85 #561785 #851F17 #468517

square

#177D85 #561785 #851F17 #468517

split-complementary

#177D85 #851746 #855617

monochromatic

#051B1D #0E4C51 #177D85 #20AEB9 #3AD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#177D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#177D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177D85

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177D85	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 125, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.087 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3a8',
    500: '#177d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177d85;
$custom-light: #6ba3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.364,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53967,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177D85

secondary

#B9483F

accent

#483BED

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF3F4

border

#C7CDCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177D85

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

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