#17A090#17A090

#17A090 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A090
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -37.60, -1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 37.63, 182.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.1095 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.11 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9557, 27.3351, 30.7100)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A090 #A01727

analogous

#17A04C #17A090 #176BA0

triadic

#17A090 #9017A0 #A09017

tetradic

#17A090 #4C17A0 #A01727 #6BA017

square

#17A090 #4C17A0 #A01727 #6BA017

split-complementary

#17A090 #A0176B #A04C17

monochromatic

#083530 #0F6A60 #17A090 #1FD6C0 #4CE5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#17A090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#17A090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A090

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A090	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb0',
    500: '#17a090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a090;
$custom-light: #72bdb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.993,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A090

secondary

#C74C5A

accent

#364CF1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A090

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

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