#174C42#174C42

#174C42 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.058 H 178.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C42
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 13.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, -20.16, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 20.18, 177.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% -0.058 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.058 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9207, 5.7440, 6.0553)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C42 #4C1721

analogous

#174C28 #174C42 #173C4C

triadic

#174C42 #42174C #4C4217

tetradic

#174C42 #28174C #4C1721 #3C4C17

square

#174C42 #28174C #4C1721 #3C4C17

split-complementary

#174C42 #4C173C #4C2817

monochromatic

#071714 #091D19 #174C42 #257B6B #33AA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#174C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#174C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C42

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C42	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.058 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7e76',
    500: '#174c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c42;
$custom-light: #5c7e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37853,
    "c": 0.05805,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C42

secondary

#833C49

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C42

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

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