#17A08E#17A08E

#17A08E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.111 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A08E
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -38.17, -0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 38.17, 180.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.1105 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.111 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8042, 27.2745, 29.9121)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A08E #A01729

analogous

#17A049 #17A08E #176DA0

triadic

#17A08E #8E17A0 #A08E17

tetradic

#17A08E #4917A0 #A01729 #6DA017

square

#17A08E #4917A0 #A01729 #6DA017

split-complementary

#17A08E #A0176D #A04917

monochromatic

#08352F #0F6A5F #17A08E #1FD6BD #4CE5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#17A08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#17A08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A08E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A08E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.111 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdaf',
    500: '#17a08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a08e;
$custom-light: #71bdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.117,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63469,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A08E

secondary

#C74C5C

accent

#364FF1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A08E

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

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