#17A08B#17A08B

#17A08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.112 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A08B
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 13.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -39.01, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 39.03, 178.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.1119 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.112 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5820, 27.1856, 28.7418)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A08B #A0172C

analogous

#17A046 #17A08B #1770A0

triadic

#17A08B #8B17A0 #A08B17

tetradic

#17A08B #4617A0 #A0172C #70A017

square

#17A08B #4617A0 #A0172C #70A017

split-complementary

#17A08B #A01770 #A04617

monochromatic

#08352E #0F6A5D #17A08B #1FD6B9 #4CE5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#17A08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#17A08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A08B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A08B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.112 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdac',
    500: '#17a08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a08b;
$custom-light: #71bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.803,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A08B

secondary

#C74C5F

accent

#3653F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A08B

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

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