#174A50#174A50

#174A50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.054 H 206.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A50
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, -14.49, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 16.83, 210.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% -0.0483 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.054 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2495, 5.6584, 8.4561)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A50 #501D17

analogous

#175039 #174A50 #172D50

triadic

#174A50 #50174A #4A5017

tetradic

#174A50 #391750 #501D17 #2D5017

square

#174A50 #391750 #501D17 #2D5017

split-complementary

#174A50 #50172D #503917

monochromatic

#071618 #091E20 #174A50 #257680 #32A2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#174A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#174A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A50

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A50	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.054 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7c81',
    500: '#174a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a50;
$custom-light: #5d7c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37833,
    "c": 0.05383,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A50

secondary

#87443C

accent

#5949DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A50

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

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