#173C2E#173C2E

#173C2E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.050 H 166.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173C2E
RGB	rgb(23, 60, 46)
HSL	hsl(157, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(157, 62%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 23.3%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, -17.32, 4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 17.95, 164.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.44% -0.0482 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(32.44% 0.05 166)
XYZ	xyz(2.4621, 3.6109, 3.1515)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173C2E #3C1725

analogous

#173C1C #173C2E #17383C

triadic

#173C2E #2E173C #3C2E17

tetradic

#173C2E #1C173C #3C1725 #383C17

square

#173C2E #1C173C #3C1725 #383C17

split-complementary

#173C2E #3C1738 #3C1C17

monochromatic

#081611 #081611 #173C2E #286850 #399472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#173C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#173C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173C2E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173C2E	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35342F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#083C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 60, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.050 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#587266',
    500: '#173c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173c2e;
$custom-light: #587266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.297,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32436,
    "c": 0.04972,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173C2E

secondary

#733C51

accent

#5484D4

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9ECEB

border

#C5C7C6

text

#030806

muted

#787B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #173C2E

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

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