#17A085#17A085

#17A085 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.115 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A085
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 16.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -40.66, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 40.90, 173.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.1149 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.115 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1555, 27.0150, 26.4960)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A085 #A01732

analogous

#17A040 #17A085 #1776A0

triadic

#17A085 #8517A0 #A08517

tetradic

#17A085 #4017A0 #A01732 #76A017

square

#17A085 #4017A0 #A01732 #76A017

split-complementary

#17A085 #A01776 #A04017

monochromatic

#08352C #0F6A59 #17A085 #1FD6B1 #4CE5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#17A085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#17A085 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A085

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A085	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.115 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda8',
    500: '#17a085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a085;
$custom-light: #71bda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.175,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63194,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A085

secondary

#C74C64

accent

#365BF1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A085

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

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