#17999E#17999E

#17999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.102 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17999E
RGB	rgb(23, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -30.11, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 32.40, 201.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0961 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.102 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9133, 25.4309, 36.3057)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17999E #9E1C17

analogous

#179E5F #17999E #17569E

triadic

#17999E #9E1799 #999E17

tetradic

#17999E #5F179E #9E1C17 #569E17

square

#17999E #5F179E #9E1C17 #569E17

split-complementary

#17999E #9E1756 #9E5F17

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6569 #17999E #1FCDD3 #4BDFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#17999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#17999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17999E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17999E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.102 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7ba',
    500: '#17999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17999e;
$custom-light: #72b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17999E

secondary

#C64F4A

accent

#3D37F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #17999E

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

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