#177E80#177E80

#177E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.087 H 197.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E80
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 128)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, -26.34, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 27.87, 199.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% -0.0829 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.087 197)
XYZ	xyz(11.7087, 16.6609, 23.0167)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E80 #801917

analogous

#17804E #177E80 #174A80

triadic

#177E80 #80177E #7E8017

tetradic

#177E80 #4E1780 #801917 #4A8017

square

#177E80 #4E1780 #801917 #4A8017

split-complementary

#177E80 #80174A #804E17

monochromatic

#051A1A #0E4B4C #177E80 #20B1B4 #36D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#177E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#177E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E80

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E80	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.087 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a4',
    500: '#177e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e80;
$custom-light: #6aa4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54034,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.16662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E80

secondary

#B4413E

accent

#3F3BEC

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F4

border

#C7CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E80

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

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