#174C56#174C56

#174C56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.057 H 212.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C56
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 86)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, -13.55, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 17.45, 219.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% -0.0479 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.057 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6168, 6.0224, 9.7214)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C56 #562117

analogous

#175641 #174C56 #172D56

triadic

#174C56 #56174C #4C5617

tetradic

#174C56 #411756 #562117 #2D5617

square

#174C56 #411756 #562117 #2D5617

split-complementary

#174C56 #56172D #564117

monochromatic

#061518 #0A2126 #174C56 #247786 #31A1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#174C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#174C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C56

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C56	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.057 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7e85',
    500: '#174c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c56;
$custom-light: #5e7e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38666,
    "c": 0.05679,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C56

secondary

#8D493C

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C56

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

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