#17A08A#17A08A

#17A08A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A08A
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -39.29, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 39.33, 177.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.1124 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.113 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5092, 27.1565, 28.3587)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A08A #A0172D

analogous

#17A045 #17A08A #1771A0

triadic

#17A08A #8A17A0 #A08A17

tetradic

#17A08A #4517A0 #A0172D #71A017

square

#17A08A #4517A0 #A0172D #71A017

split-complementary

#17A08A #A01771 #A04517

monochromatic

#08352E #0F6A5C #17A08A #1FD6B8 #4CE5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#17A08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#17A08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A08A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A08A	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdac',
    500: '#17a08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a08a;
$custom-light: #71bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.365,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63345,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A08A

secondary

#C74C60

accent

#3654F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A08A

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

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