#17959D#17959D

#17959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17959D
RGB	rgb(23, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -28.47, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 31.45, 205.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.0927 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1838, 24.1092, 35.6396)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17959D #9D1F17

analogous

#179D62 #17959D #17529D

triadic

#17959D #9D1795 #959D17

tetradic

#17959D #62179D #9D1F17 #529D17

square

#17959D #62179D #9D1F17 #529D17

split-complementary

#17959D #9D1752 #9D6217

monochromatic

#073032 #0F6268 #17959D #1FC8D2 #4ADBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#17959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#17959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17959D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17959D	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4b9',
    500: '#17959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17959d;
$custom-light: #71b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61153,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17959D

secondary

#C6514A

accent

#4237F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #17959D

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

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