#17A09C#17A09C

#17A09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.106 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A09C
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -34.07, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 34.91, 192.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.1039 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.106 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9220, 27.7216, 35.7996)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A09C #A0171B

analogous

#17A057 #17A09C #175FA0

triadic

#17A09C #9C17A0 #A09C17

tetradic

#17A09C #5717A0 #A0171B #5FA017

square

#17A09C #5717A0 #A0171B #5FA017

split-complementary

#17A09C #A0175F #A05717

monochromatic

#083534 #0F6A68 #17A09C #1FD6D0 #4CE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#17A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#17A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A09C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A09C	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.106 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcb9',
    500: '#17a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a09c;
$custom-light: #73bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63939,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A09C

secondary

#C74C4F

accent

#363CF1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A09C

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

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