#174D4E#174D4E

#174D4E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.055 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D4E
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, -16.89, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 17.85, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% -0.053 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.055 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3818, 6.0395, 8.1411)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D4E #4E1817

analogous

#174E34 #174D4E #17324E

triadic

#174D4E #4E174D #4D4E17

tetradic

#174D4E #34174E #4E1817 #324E17

square

#174D4E #34174E #4E1817 #324E17

split-complementary

#174D4E #4E1732 #4E3417

monochromatic

#071718 #091E1F #174D4E #257C7D #33AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#174D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#174D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D4E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D4E	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47494E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F434E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.055 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f7f',
    500: '#174d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d4e;
$custom-light: #5d7f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38599,
    "c": 0.05534,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D4E

secondary

#853D3C

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D4E

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

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