#177E8E#177E8E

#177E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.089 H 211.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177E8E
RGB	rgb(23, 126, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, -21.70, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 27.31, 217.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% -0.0765 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.089 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6945, 17.0553, 28.2089)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177E8E #8E2717

analogous

#178E62 #177E8E #17438E

triadic

#177E8E #8E177E #7E8E17

tetradic

#177E8E #62178E #8E2717 #438E17

square

#177E8E #62178E #8E2717 #438E17

split-complementary

#177E8E #8E1743 #8E6217

monochromatic

#062125 #0E4F59 #177E8E #20ADC3 #3FCAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#177E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#177E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177E8E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177E8E	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 126, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.089 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3af',
    500: '#177e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177e8e;
$custom-light: #6ca3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54605,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177E8E

secondary

#C05240

accent

#5139EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177E8E

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

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