#17838E#17838E

#17838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.091 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17838E
RGB	rgb(23, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, -24.31, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 28.12, 210.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% -0.0816 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.091 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3499, 18.3661, 28.4273)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17838E #8E2217

analogous

#178E5D #17838E #17488E

triadic

#17838E #8E1783 #838E17

tetradic

#17838E #5D178E #8E2217 #488E17

square

#17838E #5D178E #8E2217 #488E17

split-complementary

#17838E #8E1748 #8E5D17

monochromatic

#062225 #0E5259 #17838E #20B4C3 #3FD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#17838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#17838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17838E

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17838E	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#777D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67728E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.091 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da7af',
    500: '#17838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17838e;
$custom-light: #6da7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55905,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17838E

secondary

#C04C40

accent

#4A39EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17838E

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

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