#177E81#177E81

#177E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.087 H 198.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E81
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 129)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, -26.02, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 27.75, 200.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% -0.0824 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.087 198)
XYZ	xyz(11.7748, 16.6874, 23.3650)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E81 #811A17

analogous

#17814F #177E81 #174981

triadic

#177E81 #81177E #7E8117

tetradic

#177E81 #4F1781 #811A17 #498117

square

#177E81 #4F1781 #811A17 #498117

split-complementary

#177E81 #811749 #814F17

monochromatic

#05191A #0E4B4D #177E81 #20B1B5 #37D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#177E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#177E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E81

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E81	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.087 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a5',
    500: '#177e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e81;
$custom-light: #6aa4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.698,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54073,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.16689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E81

secondary

#B5423E

accent

#403BED

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F4

border

#C7CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E81

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

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