#174A48#174A48

#174A48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.053 H 191.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A48
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 2.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, -17.19, -3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 17.61, 192.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% -0.0524 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.053 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9713, 5.5472, 6.9911)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A48 #4A1719

analogous

#174A2F #174A48 #17334A

triadic

#174A48 #48174A #4A4817

tetradic

#174A48 #2F174A #4A1719 #334A17

square

#174A48 #2F174A #4A1719 #334A17

split-complementary

#174A48 #4A1733 #4A2F17

monochromatic

#071717 #081B1B #174A48 #267975 #34A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#174A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#174A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A48

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A48	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.053 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d7a',
    500: '#174a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a48;
$custom-light: #5c7d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37498,
    "c": 0.05342,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A48

secondary

#813C3E

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A48

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

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