#17B496#17B496

#17B496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17B496
RGB	rgb(23, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -44.63, 4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 44.88, 173.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.1261 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.127 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1767, 35.0238, 34.4397)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17B496 #B41735

analogous

#17B448 #17B496 #1784B4

triadic

#17B496 #9617B4 #B49617

tetradic

#17B496 #4817B4 #B41735 #84B417

square

#17B496 #4817B4 #B41735 #84B417

split-complementary

#17B496 #B41784 #B44817

monochromatic

#09473C #107E69 #17B496 #25E3BF #5BEACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#17B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#17B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17B496

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17B496	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb4',
    500: '#17b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17b496;
$custom-light: #76cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.535,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68896,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17B496

secondary

#CE596F

accent

#3459F4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #17B496

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

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