#173E35#173E35

#173E35 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.047 H 175.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173E35
RGB	rgb(23, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 14.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, -16.43, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 16.48, 175.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% -0.047 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.047 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.7183, 3.8842, 3.9739)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173E35 #3E1720

analogous

#173E22 #173E35 #17343E

triadic

#173E35 #35173E #3E3517

tetradic

#173E35 #22173E #3E1720 #343E17

square

#173E35 #22173E #3E1720 #343E17

split-complementary

#173E35 #3E1734 #3E2217

monochromatic

#081613 #081613 #173E35 #286B5B #389781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#173E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#173E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173E35

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173E35	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.047 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#58736c',
    500: '#173e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173e35;
$custom-light: #58736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33271,
    "c": 0.04716,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173E35

secondary

#753C49

accent

#5271D6

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEB

border

#C5C8C6

text

#030806

muted

#787B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #173E35

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

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