#17797B#17797B

#17797B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.084 H 197.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17797B
RGB	rgb(23, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, -25.43, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 26.92, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% -0.08 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.084 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7642, 15.2856, 21.1181)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17797B #7B1917

analogous

#177B4B #17797B #17477B

triadic

#17797B #7B1779 #797B17

tetradic

#17797B #4B177B #7B1917 #477B17

square

#17797B #4B177B #7B1917 #477B17

split-complementary

#17797B #7B1747 #7B4B17

monochromatic

#05191A #0D4647 #17797B #21ACAF #33D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#17797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#17797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17797B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17797B	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62697C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.084 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a0a1',
    500: '#17797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17797b;
$custom-light: #69a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52511,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17797B

secondary

#B0403E

accent

#403CEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17797B

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

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