#174A4F#174A4F

#174A4F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.054 H 204.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A4F
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 79)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, -14.84, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 16.84, 208.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% -0.0488 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.054 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2128, 5.6438, 8.2630)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A4F #4F1C17

analogous

#174F38 #174A4F #172E4F

triadic

#174A4F #4F174A #4A4F17

tetradic

#174A4F #38174F #4F1C17 #2E4F17

square

#174A4F #38174F #4F1C17 #2E4F17

split-complementary

#174A4F #4F172E #4F3817

monochromatic

#071618 #091E20 #174A4F #25767E #33A3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#174A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#174A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A4F

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A4F	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44474F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B414F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.054 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7c80',
    500: '#174a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a4f;
$custom-light: #5d7c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3779,
    "c": 0.05357,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A4F

secondary

#86423C

accent

#574ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#04090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A4F

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

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