#17A08C#17A08C

#17A08C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A08C
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 12.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -38.73, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 38.74, 178.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.1115 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.111 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6553, 27.2149, 29.1283)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A08C #A0172B

analogous

#17A047 #17A08C #176FA0

triadic

#17A08C #8C17A0 #A08C17

tetradic

#17A08C #4717A0 #A0172B #6FA017

square

#17A08C #4717A0 #A0172B #6FA017

split-complementary

#17A08C #A0176F #A04717

monochromatic

#08352E #0F6A5D #17A08C #1FD6BB #4CE5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#17A08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#17A08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A08C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A08C	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)

#99968B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdad',
    500: '#17a08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a08c;
$custom-light: #71bdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.241,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63407,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A08C

secondary

#C74C5E

accent

#3652F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A08C

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

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