#17979E#17979E

#17979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17979E
RGB	rgb(23, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -29.13, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 31.87, 203.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0942 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.101 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5887, 24.7817, 36.1975)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17979E #9E1E17

analogous

#179E61 #17979E #17539E

triadic

#17979E #9E1797 #979E17

tetradic

#17979E #61179E #9E1E17 #539E17

square

#17979E #61179E #9E1E17 #539E17

split-complementary

#17979E #9E1753 #9E6117

monochromatic

#073133 #0F6469 #17979E #1FCAD3 #4BDDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#17979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#17979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17979E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17979E	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6ba',
    500: '#17979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17979e;
$custom-light: #72b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61704,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17979E

secondary

#C6514A

accent

#4037F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #17979E

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

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