#17A08F#17A08F

#17A08F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A08F
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -37.89, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 37.89, 181.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.11 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.11 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8796, 27.3046, 30.3093)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A08F #A01728

analogous

#17A04A #17A08F #176CA0

triadic

#17A08F #8F17A0 #A08F17

tetradic

#17A08F #4A17A0 #A01728 #6CA017

square

#17A08F #4A17A0 #A01728 #6CA017

split-complementary

#17A08F #A0176C #A04A17

monochromatic

#08352F #0F6A5F #17A08F #1FD6BF #4CE5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#17A08F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#17A08F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A08F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A08F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A08F	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)

#98968E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a08f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdaf',
    500: '#17a08f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a08f;
$custom-light: #71bdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a08f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.555,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A08F

secondary

#C74C5B

accent

#364EF1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A08F

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

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