#173E46#173E46

#173E46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.046 H 213.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173E46
RGB	rgb(23, 62, 70)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, -10.85, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 14.11, 219.73°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% -0.0382 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.046 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1810, 4.0693, 6.4110)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173E46 #461F17

analogous

#174636 #173E46 #172646

triadic

#173E46 #46173E #3E4617

tetradic

#173E46 #361746 #461F17 #264617

square

#173E46 #361746 #461F17 #264617

split-complementary

#173E46 #461726 #463617

monochromatic

#081417 #081518 #173E46 #266774 #3590A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#173E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#173E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173E46

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173E46	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.046 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7379',
    500: '#173e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173e46;
$custom-light: #5a7379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33971,
    "c": 0.04563,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173E46

secondary

#7D473C

accent

#664EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9ECED

border

#C5C7C8

text

#040809

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #173E46

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

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