#17797E#17797E

#17797E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.084 H 200.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17797E
RGB	rgb(23, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(183, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, -24.46, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 26.60, 203.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% -0.0786 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.084 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9549, 15.3619, 22.1224)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17797E #7E1C17

analogous

#177E50 #17797E #17467E

triadic

#17797E #7E1779 #797E17

tetradic

#17797E #50177E #7E1C17 #467E17

square

#17797E #50177E #7E1C17 #467E17

split-complementary

#17797E #7E1746 #7E5017

monochromatic

#05191A #0E474A #17797E #20ABB2 #35D2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#17797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#17797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17797E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17797E	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F737E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61697E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.084 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a0a3',
    500: '#17797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17797e;
$custom-light: #69a0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.913,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52628,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17797E

secondary

#B3443E

accent

#443CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17797E

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

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