#177D87#177D87

#177D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.087 H 205.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177D87
RGB	rgb(23, 125, 135)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 7.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, -23.54, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 27.06, 209.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% -0.0786 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.087 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0582, 16.5971, 25.4850)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177D87 #872117

analogous

#178759 #177D87 #174587

triadic

#177D87 #87177D #7D8717

tetradic

#177D87 #591787 #872117 #458717

square

#177D87 #591787 #872117 #458717

split-complementary

#177D87 #871745 #875917

monochromatic

#051C1E #0E4D53 #177D87 #20ADBB #3BCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#177D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#177D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177D87

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177D87	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 125, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.087 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3aa',
    500: '#177d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177d87;
$custom-light: #6ba3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54049,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177D87

secondary

#BB4A3F

accent

#4A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177D87

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

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