#174A49#174A49

#174A49 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.053 H 193.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A49
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, -16.86, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 17.43, 194.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% -0.0518 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.053 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0042, 5.5603, 7.1643)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A49 #4A1718

analogous

#174A30 #174A49 #17324A

triadic

#174A49 #49174A #4A4917

tetradic

#174A49 #30174A #4A1718 #324A17

square

#174A49 #30174A #4A1718 #324A17

split-complementary

#174A49 #4A1732 #4A3017

monochromatic

#071717 #081B1B #174A49 #267977 #34A7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#174A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#174A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A49

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A49	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.053 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7c7b',
    500: '#174a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a49;
$custom-light: #5c7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37538,
    "c": 0.05327,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A49

secondary

#813C3D

accent

#4C4FDC

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A49

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

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