#17959F#17959F

#17959F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17959F
RGB	rgb(23, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -27.82, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 31.33, 207.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0918 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3560, 24.1780, 36.5462)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17959F #9F2117

analogous

#179F65 #17959F #17519F

triadic

#17959F #9F1795 #959F17

tetradic

#17959F #65179F #9F2117 #519F17

square

#17959F #65179F #9F2117 #519F17

split-complementary

#17959F #9F1751 #9F6517

monochromatic

#083134 #0F636A #17959F #1FC7D4 #4BDAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#17959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#17959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17959F

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17959F	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4bb',
    500: '#17959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17959f;
$custom-light: #71b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61232,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17959F

secondary

#C7544B

accent

#4436F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #17959F

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

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