#174A52#174A52

#174A52 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.055 H 209.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A52
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 82)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 9.8%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, -13.80, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 16.88, 215.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% -0.0474 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.055 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3245, 5.6884, 8.8511)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A52 #521F17

analogous

#17523C #174A52 #172C52

triadic

#174A52 #52174A #4A5217

tetradic

#174A52 #3C1752 #521F17 #2C5217

square

#174A52 #3C1752 #521F17 #2C5217

split-complementary

#174A52 #52172C #523C17

monochromatic

#071618 #0A1F22 #174A52 #247582 #32A0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#174A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#174A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A52

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A52	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.055 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7c82',
    500: '#174a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a52;
$custom-light: #5d7c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37923,
    "c": 0.05451,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A52

secondary

#89463C

accent

#5D48DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A52

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

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