#177E85#177E85

#177E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.087 H 202.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E85
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 133)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, -24.72, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 27.38, 205.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% -0.0806 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.087 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0459, 16.7958, 24.7928)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E85 #851E17

analogous

#178555 #177E85 #174785

triadic

#177E85 #85177E #7E8517

tetradic

#177E85 #551785 #851E17 #478517

square

#177E85 #551785 #851E17 #478517

split-complementary

#177E85 #851747 #855517

monochromatic

#051B1D #0E4D51 #177E85 #20AFB9 #3AD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#177E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#177E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E85

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E85	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.087 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3a8',
    500: '#177e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e85;
$custom-light: #6ba3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.818,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54231,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E85

secondary

#B9473F

accent

#463BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E85

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

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