#17A7B4#17A7B4

#17A7B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.110 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A7B4
RGB	rgb(23, 167, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -29.93, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 34.27, 209.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0999 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.11 205)
XYZ	xyz(22.4066, 31.1120, 47.9954)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A7B4 #B42417

analogous

#17B472 #17A7B4 #1759B4

triadic

#17A7B4 #B417A7 #A7B417

tetradic

#17A7B4 #7217B4 #B42417 #59B417

square

#17A7B4 #7217B4 #B42417 #59B417

split-complementary

#17A7B4 #B41759 #B47217

monochromatic

#094247 #10757E #17A7B4 #25D3E3 #5BDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#17A7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#17A7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A7B4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A7B4	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 167, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.110 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c1ca',
    500: '#17a7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a7b4;
$custom-light: #77c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.968,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66608,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.31115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A7B4

secondary

#CE6359

accent

#4434F4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A7B4

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

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