#177F8E#177F8E

#177F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.090 H 210.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#177F8E
RGB	rgb(23, 127, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, -22.23, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 27.44, 215.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% -0.0775 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.09 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8231, 17.3123, 28.2517)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#177F8E #8E2617

analogous

#178E62 #177F8E #17448E

triadic

#177F8E #8E177F #7F8E17

tetradic

#177F8E #62178E #8E2617 #448E17

square

#177F8E #62178E #8E2617 #448E17

split-complementary

#177F8E #8E1744 #8E6217

monochromatic

#062125 #0E5059 #177F8E #20AEC3 #3FCCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#177F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#177F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #177F8E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##177F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##177F8E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #177f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 127, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.090 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca4af',
    500: '#177f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #177f8e;
$custom-light: #6ca4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#177f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54865,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#177F8E

secondary

#C05140

accent

#5039EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #177F8E

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

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