#17A09F#17A09F

#17A09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A09F
RGB	rgb(23, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -33.15, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 34.40, 195.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.1025 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.106 194)
XYZ	xyz(19.1792, 27.8245, 37.1540)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A09F #A01718

analogous

#17A05A #17A09F #175CA0

triadic

#17A09F #9F17A0 #A09F17

tetradic

#17A09F #5A17A0 #A01718 #5CA017

square

#17A09F #5A17A0 #A01718 #5CA017

split-complementary

#17A09F #A0175C #A05A17

monochromatic

#083535 #0F6A6A #17A09F #1FD6D4 #4CE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#17A09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#17A09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A09F

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A09F	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95989F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbb',
    500: '#17a09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a09f;
$custom-light: #73bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.562,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64046,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.27827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A09F

secondary

#C74C4D

accent

#3638F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A09F

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

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