#173E38#173E38

#173E38 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.045 H 181.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173E38
RGB	rgb(23, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 9.7%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, -15.52, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 15.52, 181.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% -0.0454 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.045 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.7895, 3.9127, 4.3488)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173E38 #3E171D

analogous

#173E25 #173E38 #17313E

triadic

#173E38 #38173E #3E3817

tetradic

#173E38 #25173E #3E171D #313E17

square

#173E38 #25173E #3E171D #313E17

split-complementary

#173E38 #3E1731 #3E2517

monochromatic

#081614 #081614 #173E38 #286B60 #389789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#173E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#173E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173E38

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173E38	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.045 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59736e',
    500: '#173e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173e38;
$custom-light: #59736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33381,
    "c": 0.04542,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173E38

secondary

#753C45

accent

#5266D6

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEB

border

#C5C8C6

text

#040807

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #173E38

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

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