#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
RGB	rgb(23, 125, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, -21.17, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 27.20, 218.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% -0.0755 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.089 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5673, 16.8008, 28.1665)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##177D8E	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #177D8E

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

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