#17A4B4#17A4B4

#17A4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.109 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A4B4
RGB	rgb(23, 164, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -28.45, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 33.72, 212.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0971 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.109 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8633, 30.0255, 47.8143)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A4B4 #B42717

analogous

#17B476 #17A4B4 #1755B4

triadic

#17A4B4 #B417A4 #A4B417

tetradic

#17A4B4 #7617B4 #B42717 #55B417

square

#17A4B4 #7617B4 #B42717 #55B417

split-complementary

#17A4B4 #B41755 #B47617

monochromatic

#094147 #10737E #17A4B4 #25D0E3 #5BDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#17A4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#17A4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A4B4

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A4B4	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 164, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.109 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bfca',
    500: '#17a4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a4b4;
$custom-light: #76bfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.115,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65858,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A4B4

secondary

#CE6559

accent

#4734F4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A4B4

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

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