#17A4B3#17A4B3

#17A4B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.109 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A4B3
RGB	rgb(23, 164, 179)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -28.78, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 33.73, 211.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0975 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.109 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7618, 29.9849, 47.2798)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A4B3 #B32617

analogous

#17B374 #17A4B3 #1756B3

triadic

#17A4B3 #B317A4 #A4B317

tetradic

#17A4B3 #7417B3 #B32617 #56B317

square

#17A4B3 #7417B3 #B32617 #56B317

split-complementary

#17A4B3 #B31756 #B37417

monochromatic

#094147 #10727D #17A4B3 #24D1E3 #5BDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#17A4B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#17A4B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A4B3

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A4B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A4B3	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a4b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 164, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.109 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bfc9',
    500: '#17a4b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a4b3;
$custom-light: #76bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a4b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65818,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A4B3

secondary

#CD6458

accent

#4634F4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A4B3

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

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