#177D8D#177D8D

#177D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.089 H 211.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177D8D
RGB	rgb(23, 125, 141)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, -21.51, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 27.14, 217.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% -0.076 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.089 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4926, 16.7709, 27.7728)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177D8D #8D2717

analogous

#178D62 #177D8D #17428D

triadic

#177D8D #8D177D #7D8D17

tetradic

#177D8D #62178D #8D2717 #428D17

square

#177D8D #62178D #8D2717 #428D17

split-complementary

#177D8D #8D1742 #8D6217

monochromatic

#062024 #0E4E58 #177D8D #20ACC2 #3FCAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#177D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#177D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177D8D

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177D8D	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 125, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.089 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ae',
    500: '#177d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177d8d;
$custom-light: #6ca3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54302,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177D8D

secondary

#C05140

accent

#5239EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177D8D

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

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