#174C52#174C52

#174C52 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.055 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C52
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 82)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 7.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, -14.96, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 17.29, 210.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% -0.0498 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.055 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4601, 5.9597, 8.8963)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C52 #521D17

analogous

#17523A #174C52 #172E52

triadic

#174C52 #52174C #4C5217

tetradic

#174C52 #3A1752 #521D17 #2E5217

square

#174C52 #3A1752 #521D17 #2E5217

split-complementary

#174C52 #52172E #523A17

monochromatic

#071618 #0A2022 #174C52 #247882 #32A5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#174C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#174C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C52

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C52	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.055 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7e82',
    500: '#174c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c52;
$custom-light: #5d7e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38486,
    "c": 0.05527,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C52

secondary

#89443C

accent

#5848DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C52

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

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