#174A38#174A38

#174A38 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.063 H 166.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A38
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 24.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, -21.98, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 22.74, 165.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% -0.061 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.063 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5156, 5.3649, 4.5909)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A38 #4A1729

analogous

#174A1F #174A38 #17434A

triadic

#174A38 #38174A #4A3817

tetradic

#174A38 #1F174A #4A1729 #434A17

square

#174A38 #1F174A #4A1729 #434A17

split-complementary

#174A38 #4A1743 #4A1F17

monochromatic

#071712 #081B15 #174A38 #26795B #34A77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#174A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#174A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A38

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A38	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.063 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7d6e',
    500: '#174a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a38;
$custom-light: #5b7d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36937,
    "c": 0.06279,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A38

secondary

#813C54

accent

#4C7FDC

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEB

border

#C5C9C6

text

#040907

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A38

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

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