#117E78#117E78

#117E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.089 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#117E78
RGB	rgb(17, 126, 120)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(177, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, -29.41, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 29.81, 189.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% -0.0884 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.089 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0805, 16.3955, 20.3463)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#117E78 #7E1117

analogous

#117E41 #117E78 #114D7E

triadic

#117E78 #78117E #7E7811

tetradic

#117E78 #41117E #7E1117 #4D7E11

square

#117E78 #41117E #7E1117 #4D7E11

split-complementary

#117E78 #7E114D #7E4111

monochromatic

#041B1A #0A4845 #117E78 #18B4AB #27E2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#117E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#117E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #117E78

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##117E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##117E78	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #117e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(17, 126, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.089 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a49e',
    500: '#117e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #117e78;
$custom-light: #68a49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#117e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 17,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.697,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53647,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#117E78

secondary

#B4373E

accent

#353FF3

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #117E78

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

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