#117E8C#117E8C

#117E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.090 H 208.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#117E8C
RGB	rgb(17, 126, 140)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(187, 88%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.9%, 10%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, -22.87, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 27.71, 214.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% -0.079 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.09 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4235, 16.9327, 27.4194)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#117E8C #8C1F11

analogous

#118C5C #117E8C #11408C

triadic

#117E8C #8C117E #7E8C11

tetradic

#117E8C #5C118C #8C1F11 #408C11

square

#117E8C #5C118C #8C1F11 #408C11

split-complementary

#117E8C #8C1140 #8C5C11

monochromatic

#041C1F #0A4D55 #117E8C #18AFC3 #31D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#117E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#117E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #117E8C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##117E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##117E8C	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #117e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(17, 126, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.090 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ad',
    500: '#117e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #117e8c;
$custom-light: #6ba3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#117e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 17,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.829,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54432,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#117E8C

secondary

#C14838

accent

#4933F5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #117E8C

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

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