#17A096#17A096

#17A096 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A096
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -35.86, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 36.14, 187.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.1067 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.107 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4265, 27.5234, 33.1896)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A096 #A01721

analogous

#17A051 #17A096 #1765A0

triadic

#17A096 #9617A0 #A09617

tetradic

#17A096 #5117A0 #A01721 #65A017

square

#17A096 #5117A0 #A01721 #65A017

split-complementary

#17A096 #A01765 #A05117

monochromatic

#083532 #0F6A64 #17A096 #1FD6C8 #4CE5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#17A096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#17A096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A096

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A096	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb4',
    500: '#17a096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a096;
$custom-light: #72bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.62,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63732,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A096

secondary

#C74C55

accent

#3644F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A096

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

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