#174242#174242

#174242 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.047 H 195.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174242
RGB	rgb(23, 66, 66)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 0%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, -14.61, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 15.27, 196.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% -0.0453 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.047 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2845, 4.4716, 5.8432)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174242 #421717

analogous

#17422D #174242 #172D42

triadic

#174242 #421742 #424217

tetradic

#174242 #2D1742 #421717 #2D4217

square

#174242 #2D1742 #421717 #2D4217

split-complementary

#174242 #42172D #422D17

monochromatic

#081717 #081717 #174242 #276F6F #379D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#174242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#174242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174242

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174242	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 66, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.047 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7676',
    500: '#174242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174242;
$custom-light: #5a7676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34946,
    "c": 0.047,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174242

secondary

#793C3C

accent

#5050D8

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDED

border

#C5C8C8

text

#040808

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174242

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

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