#17838B#17838B

#17838B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.090 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17838B
RGB	rgb(23, 131, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, -25.30, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 28.24, 206.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% -0.0829 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.09 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1277, 18.2772, 27.2570)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17838B #8B1F17

analogous

#178B59 #17838B #17498B

triadic

#17838B #8B1783 #838B17

tetradic

#17838B #59178B #8B1F17 #498B17

square

#17838B #59178B #8B1F17 #498B17

split-complementary

#17838B #8B1749 #8B5917

monochromatic

#062022 #0E5256 #17838B #20B4C0 #3DD4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#17838B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#17838B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17838B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17838B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17838B	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17838b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 131, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.090 202.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17838b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55783,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17838B

secondary

#BF483F

accent

#4639EE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17838B

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

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