#174B49#174B49

#174B49 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.054 H 191.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B49
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 73)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, -17.42, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 17.85, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% -0.0531 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.054 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0715, 5.6949, 7.1867)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B49 #4B1719

analogous

#174B2F #174B49 #17334B

triadic

#174B49 #49174B #4B4917

tetradic

#174B49 #2F174B #4B1719 #334B17

square

#174B49 #2F174B #4B1719 #334B17

split-complementary

#174B49 #4B1733 #4B2F17

monochromatic

#071717 #091C1B #174B49 #257A77 #34A9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#174B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#174B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B49

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B49	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)

#464749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.054 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d7b',
    500: '#174b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b49;
$custom-light: #5c7d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37825,
    "c": 0.05416,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B49

secondary

#823C3E

accent

#4B51DC

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B49

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

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