#17A179#17A179

#17A179 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.125 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A179
RGB	rgb(23, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0%, 24.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -44.18, 11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 45.58, 165.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.1218 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.125 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5474, 27.0503, 22.4345)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A179 #A1173F

analogous

#17A134 #17A179 #1784A1

triadic

#17A179 #7917A1 #A17917

tetradic

#17A179 #3417A1 #A1173F #84A117

square

#17A179 #3417A1 #A1173F #84A117

split-complementary

#17A179 #A11784 #A13417

monochromatic

#083629 #0F6B51 #17A179 #1FD7A1 #4DE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#17A179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#17A179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A179

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A179	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)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.125 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9f',
    500: '#17a179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a179;
$custom-light: #70be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.609,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63125,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A179

secondary

#C74C70

accent

#366DF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A179

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

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