#17838A#17838A

#17838A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.090 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17838A
RGB	rgb(23, 131, 138)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, -25.62, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 28.30, 205.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% -0.0834 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.09 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0550, 18.2481, 26.8740)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17838A #8A1E17

analogous

#178A58 #17838A #174A8A

triadic

#17838A #8A1783 #838A17

tetradic

#17838A #58178A #8A1E17 #4A8A17

square

#17838A #58178A #8A1E17 #4A8A17

split-complementary

#17838A #8A174A #8A5817

monochromatic

#061F21 #0E5156 #17838A #20B5BE #3DD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#17838A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#17838A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17838A

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17838A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17838A	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17838a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 131, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.090 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca7ac',
    500: '#17838a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17838a;
$custom-light: #6ca7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17838a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55743,
    "c": 0.08981,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17838A

secondary

#BE473F

accent

#453AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17838A

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

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