#177E86#177E86

#177E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.087 H 203.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E86
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 134)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, -24.39, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 27.32, 206.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% -0.0801 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.087 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1153, 16.8236, 25.1584)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E86 #861F17

analogous

#178656 #177E86 #174686

triadic

#177E86 #86177E #7E8617

tetradic

#177E86 #561786 #861F17 #468617

square

#177E86 #561786 #861F17 #468617

split-complementary

#177E86 #861746 #865617

monochromatic

#051C1E #0E4D52 #177E86 #20AFBA #3AD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#177E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#177E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E86

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E86	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.087 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3a9',
    500: '#177e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e86;
$custom-light: #6ba3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.324,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54271,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E86

secondary

#BA483F

accent

#473AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E86

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

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