#174B50#174B50

#174B50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.054 H 204.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B50
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 80)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, -15.07, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 17.07, 208.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% -0.0495 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.054 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3168, 5.7930, 8.4785)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B50 #501C17

analogous

#175038 #174B50 #172E50

triadic

#174B50 #50174B #4B5017

tetradic

#174B50 #381750 #501C17 #2E5017

square

#174B50 #381750 #501C17 #2E5017

split-complementary

#174B50 #50172E #503817

monochromatic

#071618 #091E20 #174B50 #257880 #32A4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#174B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#174B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B50

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B50	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.054 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7d81',
    500: '#174b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b50;
$custom-light: #5d7d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38116,
    "c": 0.0543,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B50

secondary

#87423C

accent

#5649DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B50

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

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