#174B4C#174B4C

#174B4C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.054 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B4C
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 76)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, -16.43, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 17.38, 199.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% -0.0515 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.054 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1734, 5.7357, 7.7232)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B4C #4C1817

analogous

#174C33 #174B4C #17314C

triadic

#174B4C #4C174B #4B4C17

tetradic

#174B4C #33174C #4C1817 #314C17

square

#174B4C #33174C #4C1817 #314C17

split-complementary

#174B4C #4C1731 #4C3317

monochromatic

#071717 #091D1D #174B4C #25797B #33A8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#174B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#174B4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B4C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B4C	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46474C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.054 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d7e',
    500: '#174b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b4c;
$custom-light: #5c7d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37947,
    "c": 0.05388,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B4C

secondary

#833D3C

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040909

muted

#797B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B4C

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

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