#17A081#17A081

#17A081 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A081
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 19.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -41.72, 6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 42.23, 171.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.1168 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.118 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8844, 26.9066, 25.0682)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A081 #A01736

analogous

#17A03C #17A081 #177AA0

triadic

#17A081 #8117A0 #A08117

tetradic

#17A081 #3C17A0 #A01736 #7AA017

square

#17A081 #3C17A0 #A01736 #7AA017

split-complementary

#17A081 #A0177A #A03C17

monochromatic

#08352B #0F6A56 #17A081 #1FD6AC #4CE5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#17A081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#17A081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A081

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A081	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B957F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda5',
    500: '#17a081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a081;
$custom-light: #70bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.423,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63078,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A081

secondary

#C74C68

accent

#3661F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A081

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

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