#174540#174540

#174540 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.050 H 185.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174540
RGB	rgb(23, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, -16.96, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 17.04, 185.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% -0.0503 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.05 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4065, 4.8082, 5.5980)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174540 #45171C

analogous

#174529 #174540 #173345

triadic

#174540 #401745 #454017

tetradic

#174540 #291745 #45171C #334517

square

#174540 #291745 #45171C #334517

split-complementary

#174540 #451733 #452917

monochromatic

#081715 #081715 #174540 #26736B #36A195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#174540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#174540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174540

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174540	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.050 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7974',
    500: '#174540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174540;
$custom-light: #5a7974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35739,
    "c": 0.05048,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174540

secondary

#7C3C43

accent

#4E5DDA

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EDED

border

#C5C8C8

text

#040908

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174540

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

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