#177E7B#177E7B

#177E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.087 H 191.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E7B
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 123)
HSL	hsl(178, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(178, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, -27.93, -6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 28.65, 192.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% -0.0853 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.087 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3877, 16.5325, 21.3260)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E7B #7E171A

analogous

#177E48 #177E7B #174E7E

triadic

#177E7B #7B177E #7E7B17

tetradic

#177E7B #48177E #7E171A #4E7E17

square

#177E7B #48177E #7E171A #4E7E17

split-complementary

#177E7B #7E174E #7E4817

monochromatic

#051A19 #0E4A48 #177E7B #20B2AE #35DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#177E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#177E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E7B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E7B	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76777B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.087 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a1',
    500: '#177e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e7b;
$custom-light: #6aa4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53846,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E7B

secondary

#B33E42

accent

#3C41EC

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E7B

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

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