#177E8D#177E8D

#177E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.089 H 210.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E8D
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 141)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, -22.04, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 27.27, 216.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.077 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.089 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6198, 17.0254, 27.8152)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E8D #8D2617

analogous

#178D61 #177E8D #17438D

triadic

#177E8D #8D177E #7E8D17

tetradic

#177E8D #61178D #8D2617 #438D17

square

#177E8D #61178D #8D2617 #438D17

split-complementary

#177E8D #8D1743 #8D6117

monochromatic

#062024 #0E4F58 #177E8D #20ADC2 #3FCBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#177E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#177E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E8D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E8D	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.089 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ae',
    500: '#177e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e8d;
$custom-light: #6ca3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54562,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E8D

secondary

#C05040

accent

#5039EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E8D

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

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