#174C53#174C53

#174C53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.056 H 207.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C53
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 83)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, -14.61, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 17.29, 212.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% -0.0493 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.056 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4985, 5.9751, 9.0982)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C53 #531E17

analogous

#17533C #174C53 #172E53

triadic

#174C53 #53174C #4C5317

tetradic

#174C53 #3C1753 #531E17 #2E5317

square

#174C53 #3C1753 #531E17 #2E5317

split-complementary

#174C53 #53172E #533C17

monochromatic

#071618 #0A2023 #174C53 #247883 #32A4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#174C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#174C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C53

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C53	1.00	9.57	2.20	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.056 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7e83',
    500: '#174c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c53;
$custom-light: #5d7e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3853,
    "c": 0.05557,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C53

secondary

#8A453C

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C53

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

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