#17A178#17A178

#17A178 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.126 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A178
RGB	rgb(23, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(162, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -44.42, 11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 45.95, 165.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.1223 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.126 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4864, 27.0259, 22.1133)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A178 #A11740

analogous

#17A133 #17A178 #1785A1

triadic

#17A178 #7817A1 #A17817

tetradic

#17A178 #3317A1 #A11740 #85A117

square

#17A178 #3317A1 #A11740 #85A117

split-complementary

#17A178 #A11785 #A13317

monochromatic

#083628 #0F6B50 #17A178 #1FD7A0 #4DE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#17A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#17A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A178

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A178	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.126 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9f',
    500: '#17a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a178;
$custom-light: #70be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.174,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63099,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A178

secondary

#C74C71

accent

#366EF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A178

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

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