#17A9B4#17A9B4

#17A9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17A9B4
RGB	rgb(23, 169, 180)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -30.90, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 34.68, 207.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.1018 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7758, 31.8504, 48.1185)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17A9B4 #B42217

analogous

#17B471 #17A9B4 #175AB4

triadic

#17A9B4 #B417A9 #A9B417

tetradic

#17A9B4 #7117B4 #B42217 #5AB417

square

#17A9B4 #7117B4 #B42217 #5AB417

split-complementary

#17A9B4 #B4175A #B47117

monochromatic

#094347 #10767E #17A9B4 #25D6E3 #5BE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#17A9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#17A9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17A9B4

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17A9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17A9B4	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17a9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 169, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c3ca',
    500: '#17a9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17a9b4;
$custom-light: #77c3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17a9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.204,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67109,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17A9B4

secondary

#CE6159

accent

#4134F4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #17A9B4

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

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