#17A189#17A189

#17A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A189
RGB	rgb(23, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -40.00, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 40.10, 176.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.1139 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.114 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6112, 27.4758, 28.0372)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A189 #A1172F

analogous

#17A144 #17A189 #1774A1

triadic

#17A189 #8917A1 #A18917

tetradic

#17A189 #4417A1 #A1172F #74A117

square

#17A189 #4417A1 #A1172F #74A117

split-complementary

#17A189 #A11774 #A14417

monochromatic

#08362E #0F6B5B #17A189 #1FD7B7 #4DE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#17A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#17A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A189

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A189	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdab',
    500: '#17a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a189;
$custom-light: #71bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63576,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A189

secondary

#C74C62

accent

#3657F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A189

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

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