#174D42#174D42

#174D42 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.059 H 176.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D42
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, -20.69, 1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 20.73, 176.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% -0.0593 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.059 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9901, 5.8828, 6.0784)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D42 #4D1722

analogous

#174D27 #174D42 #173D4D

triadic

#174D42 #42174D #4D4217

tetradic

#174D42 #27174D #4D1722 #3D4D17

square

#174D42 #27174D #4D1722 #3D4D17

split-complementary

#174D42 #4D173D #4D2717

monochromatic

#071814 #091E1A #174D42 #257C6A #33AB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#174D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#174D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D42

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D42	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.059 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7f76',
    500: '#174d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d42;
$custom-light: #5c7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38145,
    "c": 0.05935,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D42

secondary

#843C4A

accent

#4A68DD

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D42

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

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