#17A188#17A188

#17A188 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A188
RGB	rgb(23, 161, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -40.28, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 40.41, 175.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.1144 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.115 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5398, 27.4472, 27.6612)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A188 #A11730

analogous

#17A143 #17A188 #1775A1

triadic

#17A188 #8817A1 #A18817

tetradic

#17A188 #4317A1 #A11730 #75A117

square

#17A188 #4317A1 #A11730 #75A117

split-complementary

#17A188 #A11775 #A14317

monochromatic

#08362E #0F6B5B #17A188 #1FD7B5 #4DE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#17A188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#17A188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A188

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A188	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 161, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdaa',
    500: '#17a188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a188;
$custom-light: #71bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.13,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63546,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A188

secondary

#C74C63

accent

#3658F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A188

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

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