#17BDC9#17BDC9

#17BDC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17BDC9
RGB	rgb(23, 189, 201)
HSL	hsl(184, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.6%, 6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -33.86, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 37.93, 206.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1114 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.121 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0887, 40.7906, 61.5872)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17BDC9 #C92317

analogous

#17C97C #17BDC9 #1764C9

triadic

#17BDC9 #C917BD #BDC917

tetradic

#17BDC9 #7C17C9 #C92317 #64C917

square

#17BDC9 #7C17C9 #C92317 #64C917

split-complementary

#17BDC9 #C91764 #C97C17

monochromatic

#0A565B #118992 #17BDC9 #35DCE8 #6CE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#17BDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#17BDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #17BDC9

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17BDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##17BDC9	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17bdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 189, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1d9',
    500: '#17bdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17bdc9;
$custom-light: #7cd1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17bdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.045,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72866,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17BDC9

secondary

#D46F68

accent

#3F32F6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #17BDC9

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

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