#177E78#177E78

#177E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.088 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E78
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 120)
HSL	hsl(177, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(177, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 4.8%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, -28.86, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 29.25, 189.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% -0.0867 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.088 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2027, 16.4585, 20.3520)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E78 #7E171D

analogous

#177E45 #177E78 #17517E

triadic

#177E78 #78177E #7E7817

tetradic

#177E78 #45177E #7E171D #517E17

square

#177E78 #45177E #7E171D #517E17

split-complementary

#177E78 #7E1751 #7E4517

monochromatic

#051A19 #0E4A47 #177E78 #20B2A9 #35DAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#177E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#177E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E78

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E78	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.088 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a49e',
    500: '#177e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e78;
$custom-light: #69a49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.505,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53737,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E78

secondary

#B33E45

accent

#3C46EC

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E78

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

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