#174B45#174B45

#174B45 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.055 H 184.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B45
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 69)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 8%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, -18.70, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 18.76, 184.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% -0.0552 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.055 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9431, 5.6436, 6.5106)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B45 #4B171D

analogous

#174B2B #174B45 #17374B

triadic

#174B45 #45174B #4B4517

tetradic

#174B45 #2B174B #4B171D #374B17

square

#174B45 #2B174B #4B171D #374B17

split-complementary

#174B45 #4B1737 #4B2B17

monochromatic

#071716 #091C1A #174B45 #257A70 #34A99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#174B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#174B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B45

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B45	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)

#474745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.055 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d78',
    500: '#174b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b45;
$custom-light: #5c7d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37672,
    "c": 0.05534,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B45

secondary

#823C44

accent

#4B5CDC

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B45

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

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