#17A8B3#17A8B3

#17A8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.110 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A8B3
RGB	rgb(23, 168, 179)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -30.73, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 34.52, 207.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.1013 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.11 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4890, 31.4392, 47.5222)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A8B3 #B32217

analogous

#17B370 #17A8B3 #175AB3

triadic

#17A8B3 #B317A8 #A8B317

tetradic

#17A8B3 #7017B3 #B32217 #5AB317

square

#17A8B3 #7017B3 #B32217 #5AB317

split-complementary

#17A8B3 #B3175A #B37017

monochromatic

#094247 #10757D #17A8B3 #24D5E3 #5BE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#17A8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#17A8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A8B3

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A8B3	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 168, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.110 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c2c9',
    500: '#17a8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a8b3;
$custom-light: #77c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.231,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6682,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A8B3

secondary

#CD6158

accent

#4234F4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A8B3

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

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