#177E89#177E89

#177E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.088 H 206.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E89
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 137)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, -23.39, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 27.22, 210.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0787 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.088 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3275, 16.9084, 26.2760)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E89 #892217

analogous

#17895B #177E89 #174589

triadic

#177E89 #89177E #7E8917

tetradic

#177E89 #5B1789 #892217 #458917

square

#177E89 #5B1789 #892217 #458917

split-complementary

#177E89 #891745 #895B17

monochromatic

#051E20 #0E4E55 #177E89 #20AEBD #3CCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#177E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#177E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E89

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E89	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.088 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ab',
    500: '#177e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e89;
$custom-light: #6ba3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.789,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54394,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E89

secondary

#BD4B3F

accent

#4B3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E89

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

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