#17A8B4#17A8B4

#17A8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.111 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A8B4
RGB	rgb(23, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -30.41, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 34.47, 208.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.1008 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.111 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5905, 31.4798, 48.0567)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A8B4 #B42317

analogous

#17B472 #17A8B4 #175AB4

triadic

#17A8B4 #B417A8 #A8B417

tetradic

#17A8B4 #7217B4 #B42317 #5AB417

square

#17A8B4 #7217B4 #B42317 #5AB417

split-complementary

#17A8B4 #B4175A #B47217

monochromatic

#094347 #10757E #17A8B4 #25D5E3 #5BDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#17A8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#17A8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A8B4

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A8B4	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8592B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.111 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c2ca',
    500: '#17a8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a8b4;
$custom-light: #77c2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.586,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66859,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A8B4

secondary

#CE6259

accent

#4334F4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A8B4

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

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