#17696E#17696E

#17696E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.074 H 201.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17696E
RGB	rgb(23, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, -21.42, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 23.49, 204.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% -0.0692 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.074 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2181, 11.4101, 16.5181)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17696E #6E1C17

analogous

#176E47 #17696E #173D6E

triadic

#17696E #6E1769 #696E17

tetradic

#17696E #47176E #6E1C17 #3D6E17

square

#17696E #47176E #6E1C17 #3D6E17

split-complementary

#17696E #6E173D #6E4717

monochromatic

#051819 #0C393B #17696E #2299A1 #2CC9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#17696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#17696E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17696E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17696E	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60646E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.074 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659497',
    500: '#17696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17696e;
$custom-light: #659497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.448,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47688,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17696E

secondary

#A4433D

accent

#493FE8

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17696E

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

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