#177E79#177E79

#177E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.087 H 189.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E79
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(177, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, -28.55, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 29.04, 190.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.0862 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.087 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2637, 16.4829, 20.6733)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E79 #7E171C

analogous

#177E46 #177E79 #17507E

triadic

#177E79 #79177E #7E7917

tetradic

#177E79 #46177E #7E171C #507E17

square

#177E79 #46177E #7E171C #507E17

split-complementary

#177E79 #7E1750 #7E4617

monochromatic

#051A19 #0E4A47 #177E79 #20B2AB #35DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#177E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#177E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E79

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E79	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.087 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a49f',
    500: '#177e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e79;
$custom-light: #69a49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53773,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E79

secondary

#B33E44

accent

#3C44EC

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E79

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

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