#177E88#177E88

#177E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.088 H 205.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E88
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 136)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, -23.72, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 27.24, 209.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% -0.0792 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.088 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2561, 16.8799, 25.9000)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E88 #882117

analogous

#178859 #177E88 #174588

triadic

#177E88 #88177E #7E8817

tetradic

#177E88 #591788 #882117 #458817

square

#177E88 #591788 #882117 #458817

split-complementary

#177E88 #881745 #885917

monochromatic

#051D1F #0E4D54 #177E88 #20AEBC #3BD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#177E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#177E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E88

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E88	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.088 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3aa',
    500: '#177e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e88;
$custom-light: #6ba3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.31,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54353,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E88

secondary

#BC4A3F

accent

#4A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E88

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

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