#177F88#177F88

#177F88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.088 H 204.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177F88
RGB	rgb(23, 127, 136)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, -24.24, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 27.46, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% -0.0802 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.088 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3847, 17.1369, 25.9428)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177F88 #882017

analogous

#178858 #177F88 #174688

triadic

#177F88 #88177F #7F8817

tetradic

#177F88 #581788 #882017 #468817

square

#177F88 #581788 #882017 #468817

split-complementary

#177F88 #881746 #885817

monochromatic

#051D1F #0E4E54 #177F88 #20B0BC #3BD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#177F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#177F88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177F88

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177F88	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 127, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.088 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba4aa',
    500: '#177f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177f88;
$custom-light: #6ba4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.779,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54615,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177F88

secondary

#BC493F

accent

#483AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177F88

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

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