#174C50#174C50

#174C50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.055 H 202.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C50
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 80)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, -15.65, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 17.35, 205.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% -0.0508 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.055 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3851, 5.9297, 8.5013)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C50 #501B17

analogous

#175038 #174C50 #172F50

triadic

#174C50 #50174C #4C5017

tetradic

#174C50 #381750 #501B17 #2F5017

square

#174C50 #381750 #501B17 #2F5017

split-complementary

#174C50 #50172F #503817

monochromatic

#071718 #091F20 #174C50 #257980 #32A6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#174C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#174C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C50

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C50	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.055 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7e81',
    500: '#174c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c50;
$custom-light: #5d7e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38399,
    "c": 0.05484,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C50

secondary

#87413C

accent

#5449DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C50

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

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