#173C35#173C35

#173C35 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.044 H 179.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173C35
RGB	rgb(23, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, -15.29, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 15.30, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% -0.0443 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.044 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.6115, 3.6707, 3.9384)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173C35 #3C171E

analogous

#173C23 #173C35 #17313C

triadic

#173C35 #35173C #3C3517

tetradic

#173C35 #23173C #3C171E #313C17

square

#173C35 #23173C #3C171E #313C17

split-complementary

#173C35 #3C1731 #3C2317

monochromatic

#081614 #081614 #173C35 #28685C #399483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#173C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#173C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173C35

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173C35	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#033D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.044 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#58726c',
    500: '#173c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173c35;
$custom-light: #58726c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32676,
    "c": 0.04432,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173C35

secondary

#733C46

accent

#546CD4

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9ECEB

border

#C5C7C6

text

#030806

muted

#787B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #173C35

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

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