#177E72#177E72

#177E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.090 H 182.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E72
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(173, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(173, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, -30.68, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 30.71, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% -0.0897 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.09 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8500, 16.3174, 18.4941)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E72 #7E1723

analogous

#177E3F #177E72 #17577E

triadic

#177E72 #72177E #7E7217

tetradic

#177E72 #3F177E #7E1723 #577E17

square

#177E72 #3F177E #7E1723 #577E17

split-complementary

#177E72 #7E1757 #7E3F17

monochromatic

#051A17 #0E4A43 #177E72 #20B2A1 #35DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#177E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#177E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E72

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E72	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.090 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a49a',
    500: '#177e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e72;
$custom-light: #69a49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.01,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53528,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E72

secondary

#B33E4C

accent

#3C50EC

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E72

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

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