#17798B#17798B

#17798B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.088 H 213.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17798B
RGB	rgb(23, 121, 139)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, -20.07, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 26.60, 221.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% -0.0728 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.088 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8489, 15.7195, 26.8308)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17798B #8B2917

analogous

#178B63 #17798B #173F8B

triadic

#17798B #8B1779 #798B17

tetradic

#17798B #63178B #8B2917 #3F8B17

square

#17798B #63178B #8B2917 #3F8B17

split-complementary

#17798B #8B173F #8B6317

monochromatic

#061E22 #0E4B56 #17798B #20A7C0 #3DC6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#17798B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#17798B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17798B

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17798B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17798B	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C758C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17798b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 121, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.088 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0ad',
    500: '#17798b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17798b;
$custom-light: #6ba0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17798b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53174,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17798B

secondary

#BF533F

accent

#5639EE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17798B

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

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