#17A09A#17A09A

#17A09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.106 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A09A
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 154)
HSL	hsl(177, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -34.67, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 35.29, 190.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.1048 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.106 190)
XYZ	xyz(18.7541, 27.6544, 34.9150)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A09A #A0171D

analogous

#17A055 #17A09A #1761A0

triadic

#17A09A #9A17A0 #A09A17

tetradic

#17A09A #5517A0 #A0171D #61A017

square

#17A09A #5517A0 #A0171D #61A017

split-complementary

#17A09A #A01761 #A05517

monochromatic

#083533 #0F6A66 #17A09A #1FD6CD #4CE5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#17A09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#17A09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A09A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A09A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.106 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb7',
    500: '#17a09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a09a;
$custom-light: #72bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.372,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.27657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A09A

secondary

#C74C51

accent

#363FF1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A09A

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

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