#177F89#177F89

#177F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.088 H 205.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177F89
RGB	rgb(23, 127, 137)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, -23.91, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 27.42, 209.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% -0.0798 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.088 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4561, 17.1655, 26.3188)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177F89 #892117

analogous

#17895A #177F89 #174689

triadic

#177F89 #89177F #7F8917

tetradic

#177F89 #5A1789 #892117 #468917

square

#177F89 #5A1789 #892117 #468917

split-complementary

#177F89 #891746 #895A17

monochromatic

#051E20 #0E4E55 #177F89 #20B0BD #3CD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#177F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#177F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177F89

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177F89	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)

#74798A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 127, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.088 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba4ab',
    500: '#177f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177f89;
$custom-light: #6ba4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54656,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177F89

secondary

#BD4A3F

accent

#4A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177F89

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

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