#17A08D#17A08D

#17A08D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A08D
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 11.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -38.45, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 38.45, 179.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.111 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.111 180)
XYZ	xyz(17.7294, 27.2446, 29.5184)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A08D #A0172A

analogous

#17A048 #17A08D #176EA0

triadic

#17A08D #8D17A0 #A08D17

tetradic

#17A08D #4817A0 #A0172A #6EA017

square

#17A08D #4817A0 #A0172A #6EA017

split-complementary

#17A08D #A0176E #A04817

monochromatic

#08352F #0F6A5E #17A08D #1FD6BC #4CE5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#17A08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#17A08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A08D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A08D	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdae',
    500: '#17a08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a08d;
$custom-light: #71bdae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.679,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63438,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.27247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A08D

secondary

#C74C5D

accent

#3650F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A08D

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

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