#17A091#17A091

#17A091 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.109 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A091
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 9.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -37.31, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 37.36, 182.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.1091 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.109 183)
XYZ	xyz(18.0324, 27.3658, 31.1143)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A091 #A01726

analogous

#17A04D #17A091 #176AA0

triadic

#17A091 #9117A0 #A09117

tetradic

#17A091 #4D17A0 #A01726 #6AA017

square

#17A091 #4D17A0 #A01726 #6AA017

split-complementary

#17A091 #A0176A #A04D17

monochromatic

#083530 #0F6A61 #17A091 #1FD6C1 #4CE5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#17A091 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#17A091 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A091

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A091	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A091	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#989690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a091;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.109 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb1',
    500: '#17a091',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a091;
$custom-light: #72bdb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a091",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.431,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63566,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.27368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A091

secondary

#C74C59

accent

#364BF1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A091

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

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