#177D8E#177D8E

#177D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.089 H 212.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#177D8E
RGBrgb(23, 125, 142)
HSLhsl(189, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(189, 84%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(83.8%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(48.01, -21.17, -17.08)
CIE-LCHlch(48.01, 27.20, 218.89°)
OKLaboklab(54.35% -0.0755 -0.0476)
OKLCHoklch(54.35% 0.089 212.2)
XYZxyz(12.5673, 16.8008, 28.1665)
Luminance0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#177D8E #8E2817
analogous
#178E63 #177D8E #17428E
triadic
#177D8E #8E177D #7D8E17
tetradic
#177D8E #63178E #8E2817 #428E17
square
#177D8E #63178E #8E2817 #428E17
split-complementary
#177D8E #8E1742 #8E6317
monochromatic
#062025 #0E4F59 #177D8E #20ABC3 #3FC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82
#177D8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36
#177D8E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177D8E
4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##177D8E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##177D8E1.004.824.364.82
#FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00
#0000004.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#70788F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#606D8E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008482
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #177d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 125, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.089 212.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3af',
    500: '#177d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #177d8e;
$custom-light: #6ca3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#177d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54345,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#177D8E
secondary
#C05340
accent
#5339EF
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF3F4
border
#C8CDCE
text
#080F10
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#177D8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva