#17A5B3#17A5B3

#17A5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.109 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A5B3
RGB	rgb(23, 165, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -29.27, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 33.91, 210.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0984 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.109 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9415, 30.3442, 47.3397)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A5B3 #B32517

analogous

#17B373 #17A5B3 #1757B3

triadic

#17A5B3 #B317A5 #A5B317

tetradic

#17A5B3 #7317B3 #B32517 #57B317

square

#17A5B3 #7317B3 #B32517 #57B317

split-complementary

#17A5B3 #B31757 #B37317

monochromatic

#094147 #10737D #17A5B3 #24D2E3 #5BDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#17A5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#17A5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A5B3

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A5B3	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8290B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 165, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.109 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c0c9',
    500: '#17a5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a5b3;
$custom-light: #76c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66069,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A5B3

secondary

#CD6358

accent

#4534F4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A5B3

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

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