#17A079#17A079

#17A079 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.124 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A079
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 24.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -43.76, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 45.07, 166.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.1208 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.124 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3734, 26.7022, 22.3765)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A079 #A0173E

analogous

#17A035 #17A079 #1782A0

triadic

#17A079 #7917A0 #A07917

tetradic

#17A079 #3517A0 #A0173E #82A017

square

#17A079 #3517A0 #A0173E #82A017

split-complementary

#17A079 #A01782 #A03517

monochromatic

#083528 #0F6A51 #17A079 #1FD6A1 #4CE5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#17A079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#17A079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A079

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A079	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.124 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9f',
    500: '#17a079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a079;
$custom-light: #70bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.92,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62859,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A079

secondary

#C74C6F

accent

#366CF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A079

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

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