#177F87#177F87

#177F87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.088 H 203.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177F87
RGB	rgb(23, 127, 135)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 5.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, -24.57, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 27.51, 206.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0807 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.088 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3139, 17.1086, 25.5703)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177F87 #871F17

analogous

#178757 #177F87 #174787

triadic

#177F87 #87177F #7F8717

tetradic

#177F87 #571787 #871F17 #478717

square

#177F87 #571787 #871F17 #478717

split-complementary

#177F87 #871747 #875717

monochromatic

#051D1E #0E4E53 #177F87 #20B0BB #3BD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#177F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#177F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177F87

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177F87	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 127, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.088 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba4aa',
    500: '#177f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177f87;
$custom-light: #6ba4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54574,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177F87

secondary

#BB483F

accent

#473AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177F87

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

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