#174D51#174D51

#174D51 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.056 H 202.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D51
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 81)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, -15.88, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 17.58, 205.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% -0.0515 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.056 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4918, 6.0835, 8.7205)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D51 #511B17

analogous

#175138 #174D51 #173051

triadic

#174D51 #51174D #4D5117

tetradic

#174D51 #381751 #511B17 #305117

square

#174D51 #381751 #511B17 #305117

split-complementary

#174D51 #511730 #513817

monochromatic

#071718 #092021 #174D51 #257A81 #32A8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#174D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#174D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D51

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D51	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.056 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d7f81',
    500: '#174d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d51;
$custom-light: #5d7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38725,
    "c": 0.05555,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D51

secondary

#88413C

accent

#5349DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D51

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

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