#174D38#174D38

#174D38 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.067 H 163.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D38
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 56)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 27.3%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, -23.49, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 24.62, 162.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% -0.0647 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.067 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7207, 5.7750, 4.6592)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D38 #4D172C

analogous

#174D1D #174D38 #17474D

triadic

#174D38 #38174D #4D3817

tetradic

#174D38 #1D174D #4D172C #474D17

square

#174D38 #1D174D #4D172C #474D17

split-complementary

#174D38 #4D1747 #4D1D17

monochromatic

#071811 #091E16 #174D38 #257C5A #33AB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#174D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#174D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D38

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D38	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.067 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7f6e',
    500: '#174d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d38;
$custom-light: #5b7f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.667,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37827,
    "c": 0.06742,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D38

secondary

#843C58

accent

#4A84DD

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEB

border

#C5C9C6

text

#040A07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D38

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

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