#177E87#177E87

#177E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.087 H 204.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E87
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 135)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 6.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, -24.06, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 27.28, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.0796 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.087 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1854, 16.8516, 25.5274)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E87 #872017

analogous

#178758 #177E87 #174687

triadic

#177E87 #87177E #7E8717

tetradic

#177E87 #581787 #872017 #468717

square

#177E87 #581787 #872017 #468717

split-complementary

#177E87 #871746 #875817

monochromatic

#051C1E #0E4D53 #177E87 #20AFBB #3BD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#177E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#177E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E87

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E87	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.087 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3aa',
    500: '#177e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e87;
$custom-light: #6ba3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.821,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54312,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E87

secondary

#BB493F

accent

#493AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E87

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

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