#17A3B4#17A3B4

#17A3B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.109 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A3B4
RGB	rgb(23, 163, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -27.96, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 33.56, 213.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0961 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.109 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6851, 29.6690, 47.7549)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A3B4 #B42817

analogous

#17B477 #17A3B4 #1754B4

triadic

#17A3B4 #B417A3 #A3B417

tetradic

#17A3B4 #7717B4 #B42817 #54B417

square

#17A3B4 #7717B4 #B42817 #54B417

split-complementary

#17A3B4 #B41754 #B47717

monochromatic

#094147 #10727E #17A3B4 #25CFE3 #5BDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#17A3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#17A3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #17A3B4

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A3B4	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 163, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.109 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76beca',
    500: '#17a3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a3b4;
$custom-light: #76beca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.497,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65609,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A3B4

secondary

#CE6659

accent

#4934F4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A3B4

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

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