#17A09D#17A09D

#17A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A09D
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -33.76, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 34.73, 193.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.1034 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.106 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0071, 27.7556, 36.2473)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A09D #A0171A

analogous

#17A058 #17A09D #175EA0

triadic

#17A09D #9D17A0 #A09D17

tetradic

#17A09D #5817A0 #A0171A #5EA017

square

#17A09D #5817A0 #A0171A #5EA017

split-complementary

#17A09D #A0175E #A05817

monochromatic

#083534 #0F6A68 #17A09D #1FD6D2 #4CE5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#17A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#17A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A09D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A09D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcb9',
    500: '#17a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a09d;
$custom-light: #73bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63974,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A09D

secondary

#C74C4E

accent

#363AF1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A09D

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

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