#174D4B#174D4B

#174D4B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.056 H 191.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D4B
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 75)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, -17.88, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 18.32, 192.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% -0.0545 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.056 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2767, 5.9974, 7.5875)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D4B #4D1719

analogous

#174D30 #174D4B #17344D

triadic

#174D4B #4B174D #4D4B17

tetradic

#174D4B #30174D #4D1719 #344D17

square

#174D4B #30174D #4D1719 #344D17

split-complementary

#174D4B #4D1734 #4D3017

monochromatic

#071817 #091E1D #174D4B #257C79 #33ABA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#174D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#174D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D4B

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D4B	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48494B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40434B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.056 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f7d',
    500: '#174d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d4b;
$custom-light: #5d7f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38478,
    "c": 0.05563,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D4B

secondary

#843C3E

accent

#4A50DD

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D4B

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

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