#117B8E#117B8E

#117B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.091 H 214.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#117B8E
RGB	rgb(17, 123, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(189, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(88%, 13.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, -20.59, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 27.48, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% -0.0752 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.091 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1945, 16.2365, 28.0772)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#117B8E #8E2411

analogous

#118E62 #117B8E #113C8E

triadic

#117B8E #8E117B #7B8E11

tetradic

#117B8E #62118E #8E2411 #3C8E11

square

#117B8E #62118E #8E2411 #3C8E11

split-complementary

#117B8E #8E113C #8E6211

monochromatic

#041C21 #0A4C57 #117B8E #18AAC5 #33CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#117B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#117B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #117B8E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##117B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##117B8E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #117b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(17, 123, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.091 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa1af',
    500: '#117b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #117b8e;
$custom-light: #6aa1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#117b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 17,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53737,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#117B8E

secondary

#C24D38

accent

#5033F5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #117B8E

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

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