#17A185#17A185

#17A185 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.117 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A185
RGB	rgb(23, 161, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0%, 17.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -41.09, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 41.38, 173.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.1159 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.117 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3296, 27.3631, 26.5540)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A185 #A11733

analogous

#17A140 #17A185 #1778A1

triadic

#17A185 #8517A1 #A18517

tetradic

#17A185 #4017A1 #A11733 #78A117

square

#17A185 #4017A1 #A11733 #78A117

split-complementary

#17A185 #A11778 #A14017

monochromatic

#08362D #0F6B59 #17A185 #1FD7B1 #4DE6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#17A185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#17A185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A185

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A185	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 161, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.117 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bea8',
    500: '#17a185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a185;
$custom-light: #71bea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A185

secondary

#C74C65

accent

#365CF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A185

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

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