#17838D#17838D

#17838D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.090 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17838D
RGB	rgb(23, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, -24.64, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 28.15, 208.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.082 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.09 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2752, 18.3362, 28.0337)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17838D #8D2117

analogous

#178D5C #17838D #17488D

triadic

#17838D #8D1783 #838D17

tetradic

#17838D #5C178D #8D2117 #488D17

square

#17838D #5C178D #8D2117 #488D17

split-complementary

#17838D #8D1748 #8D5C17

monochromatic

#062124 #0E5258 #17838D #20B4C2 #3FD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#17838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#17838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17838D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17838D	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.090 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da7ae',
    500: '#17838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17838d;
$custom-light: #6da7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55864,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17838D

secondary

#C04B40

accent

#4939EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17838D

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

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