#174D40#174D40

#174D40 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.061 H 173.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D40
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 16.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, -21.28, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 21.43, 173.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% -0.0603 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.061 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9322, 5.8597, 5.7733)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D40 #4D1724

analogous

#174D25 #174D40 #173F4D

triadic

#174D40 #40174D #4D4017

tetradic

#174D40 #25174D #4D1724 #3F4D17

square

#174D40 #25174D #4D1724 #3F4D17

split-complementary

#174D40 #4D173F #4D2517

monochromatic

#071814 #091E19 #174D40 #257C67 #33AB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#174D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#174D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D40

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D40	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A483F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.061 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7f74',
    500: '#174d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d40;
$custom-light: #5c7f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.556,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38077,
    "c": 0.06069,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D40

secondary

#843C4D

accent

#4A6EDD

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D40

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

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