#177E8C#177E8C

#177E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.089 H 209.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#177E8C
RGBrgb(23, 126, 140)
HSLhsl(187, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(187, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(83.6%, 10%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(48.25, -22.38, -15.52)
CIE-LCHlch(48.25, 27.24, 214.74°)
OKLaboklab(54.52% -0.0774 -0.0433)
OKLCHoklch(54.52% 0.089 209.2)
XYZxyz(12.5457, 16.9957, 27.4251)
Luminance0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#177E8C #8C2517
analogous
#178C5F #177E8C #17448C
triadic
#177E8C #8C177E #7E8C17
tetradic
#177E8C #5F178C #8C2517 #448C17
square
#177E8C #5F178C #8C2517 #448C17
split-complementary
#177E8C #8C1744 #8C5F17
monochromatic
#061F23 #0E4F57 #177E8C #20ADC1 #3ECCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77
#177E8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40
#177E8C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E8C
4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##177E8C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##177E8C1.004.774.404.77
#FFFFFF4.771.0021.001.00
#0000004.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.771.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#72798D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#626E8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008482
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #177e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.089 209.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ad',
    500: '#177e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #177e8c;
$custom-light: #6ca3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#177e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.179,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54519,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#177E8C
secondary
#BF4F3F
accent
#4F39EF
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#080F10
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E8C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#177E8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva