#17A09E#17A09E

#17A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A09E
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -33.46, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 34.56, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.103 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.106 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0928, 27.7899, 36.6988)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A09E #A01719

analogous

#17A059 #17A09E #175DA0

triadic

#17A09E #9E17A0 #A09E17

tetradic

#17A09E #5917A0 #A01719 #5DA017

square

#17A09E #5917A0 #A01719 #5DA017

split-complementary

#17A09E #A0175D #A05917

monochromatic

#083534 #0F6A69 #17A09E #1FD6D3 #4CE5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#17A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#17A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A09E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A09E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcba',
    500: '#17a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a09e;
$custom-light: #73bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A09E

secondary

#C74C4E

accent

#3639F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A09E

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

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