#177D8F#177D8F

#177D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.090 H 213.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177D8F
RGB	rgb(23, 125, 143)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, -20.83, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 27.27, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0751 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.09 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6427, 16.8310, 28.5636)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177D8F #8F2917

analogous

#178F65 #177D8F #17418F

triadic

#177D8F #8F177D #7D8F17

tetradic

#177D8F #65178F #8F2917 #418F17

square

#177D8F #65178F #8F2917 #418F17

split-complementary

#177D8F #8F1741 #8F6517

monochromatic

#062126 #0F4F5A #177D8F #1FABC4 #40C8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#177D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#177D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177D8F

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177D8F	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 125, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.090 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3af',
    500: '#177d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177d8f;
$custom-light: #6ca3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54389,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177D8F

secondary

#C15441

accent

#5439EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177D8F

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

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