#17BCC9#17BCC9

#17BCC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17BCC9
RGB	rgb(23, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(184, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -33.39, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 37.71, 207.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1105 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.121 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8744, 40.3618, 61.5158)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17BCC9 #C92417

analogous

#17C97D #17BCC9 #1763C9

triadic

#17BCC9 #C917BC #BCC917

tetradic

#17BCC9 #7D17C9 #C92417 #63C917

square

#17BCC9 #7D17C9 #C92417 #63C917

split-complementary

#17BCC9 #C91763 #C97D17

monochromatic

#0A555B #118992 #17BCC9 #35DBE8 #6CE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#17BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#17BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17BCC9

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17BCC9	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd0d9',
    500: '#17bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17bcc9;
$custom-light: #7cd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.382,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17BCC9

secondary

#D47068

accent

#4032F6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #17BCC9

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

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