#17A097#17A097

#17A097 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A097
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -35.56, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 35.92, 188.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.1062 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.107 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5073, 27.5557, 33.6155)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A097 #A01720

analogous

#17A052 #17A097 #1764A0

triadic

#17A097 #9717A0 #A09717

tetradic

#17A097 #5217A0 #A01720 #64A017

square

#17A097 #5217A0 #A01720 #64A017

split-complementary

#17A097 #A01764 #A05217

monochromatic

#083532 #0F6A64 #17A097 #1FD6C9 #4CE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#17A097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#17A097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A097

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A097	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)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb5',
    500: '#17a097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a097;
$custom-light: #72bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.058,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63766,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A097

secondary

#C74C54

accent

#3643F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A097

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

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