#117E79#117E79

#117E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.089 H 189.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#117E79
RGB	rgb(17, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(177, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.5%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, -29.09, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 29.59, 190.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% -0.0879 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.089 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1415, 16.4199, 20.6676)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#117E79 #7E1116

analogous

#117E43 #117E79 #114C7E

triadic

#117E79 #79117E #7E7911

tetradic

#117E79 #43117E #7E1116 #4C7E11

square

#117E79 #43117E #7E1116 #4C7E11

split-complementary

#117E79 #7E114C #7E4311

monochromatic

#041B1A #0A4845 #117E79 #18B4AD #27E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#117E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#117E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #117E79

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##117E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##117E79	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #117e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(17, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.089 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a49f',
    500: '#117e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #117e79;
$custom-light: #68a49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#117e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 17,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.248,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53684,
    "c": 0.08918,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#117E79

secondary

#B4373D

accent

#353EF3

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #117E79

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

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