#17A099#17A099

#17A099 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A099
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -34.97, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 35.49, 189.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.1053 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.107 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6711, 27.6213, 34.4782)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A099 #A0171E

analogous

#17A054 #17A099 #1762A0

triadic

#17A099 #9917A0 #A09917

tetradic

#17A099 #5417A0 #A0171E #62A017

square

#17A099 #5417A0 #A0171E #62A017

split-complementary

#17A099 #A01762 #A05417

monochromatic

#083533 #0F6A66 #17A099 #1FD6CC #4CE5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#17A099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#17A099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A099

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A099	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb7',
    500: '#17a099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a099;
$custom-light: #72bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A099

secondary

#C74C52

accent

#3640F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A099

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

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