#174B52#174B52

#174B52 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.055 H 207.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B52
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 82)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 8.5%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, -14.38, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 17.07, 212.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% -0.0486 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.055 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3918, 5.8230, 8.8735)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B52 #521E17

analogous

#17523B #174B52 #172D52

triadic

#174B52 #52174B #4B5217

tetradic

#174B52 #3B1752 #521E17 #2D5217

square

#174B52 #3B1752 #521E17 #2D5217

split-complementary

#174B52 #52172D #523B17

monochromatic

#071618 #0A1F22 #174B52 #247782 #32A2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#174B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#174B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B52

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B52	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.055 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7d82',
    500: '#174b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b52;
$custom-light: #5d7d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.119,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38204,
    "c": 0.05486,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B52

secondary

#89453C

accent

#5A48DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B52

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

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