#17959E#17959E

#17959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17959E
RGB	rgb(23, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -28.15, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 31.38, 206.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0922 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2695, 24.1434, 36.0911)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17959E #9E2017

analogous

#179E63 #17959E #17519E

triadic

#17959E #9E1795 #959E17

tetradic

#17959E #63179E #9E2017 #519E17

square

#17959E #63179E #9E2017 #519E17

split-complementary

#17959E #9E1751 #9E6317

monochromatic

#073033 #0F6369 #17959E #1FC7D3 #4BDAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#17959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#17959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17959E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17959E	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4ba',
    500: '#17959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17959e;
$custom-light: #71b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61192,
    "c": 0.09999,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17959E

secondary

#C6534A

accent

#4337F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #17959E

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

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