#177D8C#177D8C

#177D8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.088 H 210.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177D8C
RGB	rgb(23, 125, 140)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, -21.86, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 27.09, 216.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% -0.0764 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.089 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4185, 16.7413, 27.3827)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177D8C #8C2617

analogous

#178C61 #177D8C #17438C

triadic

#177D8C #8C177D #7D8C17

tetradic

#177D8C #61178C #8C2617 #438C17

square

#177D8C #61178C #8C2617 #438C17

split-complementary

#177D8C #8C1743 #8C6117

monochromatic

#061F23 #0E4E57 #177D8C #20ACC1 #3ECBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#177D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#177D8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177D8C

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177D8C	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 125, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.088 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ad',
    500: '#177d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177d8c;
$custom-light: #6ca3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54259,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177D8C

secondary

#BF503F

accent

#5139EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177D8C

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

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