#17A6B4#17A6B4

#17A6B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.110 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A6B4
RGB	rgb(23, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -29.44, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 34.07, 210.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.099 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.11 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2241, 30.7470, 47.9346)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A6B4 #B42517

analogous

#17B473 #17A6B4 #1758B4

triadic

#17A6B4 #B417A6 #A6B417

tetradic

#17A6B4 #7317B4 #B42517 #58B417

square

#17A6B4 #7317B4 #B42517 #58B417

split-complementary

#17A6B4 #B41758 #B47317

monochromatic

#094247 #10747E #17A6B4 #25D2E3 #5BDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#17A6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#17A6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A6B4

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A6B4	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.110 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c1ca',
    500: '#17a6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a6b4;
$custom-light: #76c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.35,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66358,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A6B4

secondary

#CE6459

accent

#4534F4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A6B4

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

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