#174B53#174B53

#174B53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.055 H 209.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B53
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 83)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, -14.03, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 17.10, 214.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% -0.0481 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.055 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4301, 5.8384, 9.0754)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B53 #531F17

analogous

#17533D #174B53 #172D53

triadic

#174B53 #53174B #4B5317

tetradic

#174B53 #3D1753 #531F17 #2D5317

square

#174B53 #3D1753 #531F17 #2D5317

split-complementary

#174B53 #53172D #533D17

monochromatic

#071618 #0A2023 #174B53 #247683 #32A2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#174B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#174B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B53

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B53	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.055 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7d83',
    500: '#174b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b53;
$custom-light: #5d7d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38249,
    "c": 0.05522,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B53

secondary

#8A463C

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#05090A

muted

#797B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B53

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

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