#173D38#173D38

#173D38 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.044 H 183.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173D38
RGB	rgb(23, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, -14.94, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 14.98, 183.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.09% -0.044 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(33.09% 0.044 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.7356, 3.8049, 4.3309)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173D38 #3D171C

analogous

#173D25 #173D38 #172F3D

triadic

#173D38 #38173D #3D3817

tetradic

#173D38 #25173D #3D171C #2F3D17

square

#173D38 #25173D #3D171C #2F3D17

split-complementary

#173D38 #3D172F #3D2517

monochromatic

#081614 #081614 #173D38 #286961 #39968A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#173D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#173D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173D38

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173D38	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.044 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#58726e',
    500: '#173d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173d38;
$custom-light: #58726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33085,
    "c": 0.04414,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173D38

secondary

#743C43

accent

#5364D5

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9ECEB

border

#C5C7C6

text

#040807

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #173D38

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

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