#177F80#177F80

#177F80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.087 H 195.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177F80
RGB	rgb(23, 127, 128)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 0.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, -26.84, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 28.19, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% -0.0839 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.087 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8372, 16.9179, 23.0595)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177F80 #801817

analogous

#17804C #177F80 #174B80

triadic

#177F80 #80177F #7F8017

tetradic

#177F80 #4C1780 #801817 #4B8017

square

#177F80 #4C1780 #801817 #4B8017

split-complementary

#177F80 #80174B #804C17

monochromatic

#051A1A #0E4C4C #177F80 #20B2B4 #36D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#177F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#177F80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177F80

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177F80	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)

#767880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 127, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.087 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a4',
    500: '#177f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177f80;
$custom-light: #6aa4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.543,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177F80

secondary

#B43F3E

accent

#3D3BEC

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F4

border

#C7CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177F80

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

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