#17A9B3#17A9B3

#17A9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A9B3
RGB	rgb(23, 169, 179)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -31.22, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 34.74, 206.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.1022 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6743, 31.8098, 47.5839)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A9B3 #B32117

analogous

#17B36F #17A9B3 #175BB3

triadic

#17A9B3 #B317A9 #A9B317

tetradic

#17A9B3 #6F17B3 #B32117 #5BB317

square

#17A9B3 #6F17B3 #B32117 #5BB317

split-complementary

#17A9B3 #B3175B #B36F17

monochromatic

#094347 #10767D #17A9B3 #24D7E3 #5BE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#17A9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#17A9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A9B3

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A9B3	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 169, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c3c9',
    500: '#17a9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a9b3;
$custom-light: #77c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.846,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6707,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A9B3

secondary

#CD6058

accent

#4034F4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A9B3

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

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