#174D53#174D53

#174D53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.056 H 205.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D53
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 83)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, -15.19, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 17.51, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% -0.0505 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.056 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5679, 6.1139, 9.1213)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D53 #531D17

analogous

#17533B #174D53 #172F53

triadic

#174D53 #53174D #4D5317

tetradic

#174D53 #3B1753 #531D17 #2F5317

square

#174D53 #3B1753 #531D17 #2F5317

split-complementary

#174D53 #53172F #533B17

monochromatic

#071618 #0A2123 #174D53 #247983 #32A6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#174D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#174D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D53

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D53	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.056 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f83',
    500: '#174d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d53;
$custom-light: #5e7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38811,
    "c": 0.05598,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D53

secondary

#8A443C

accent

#5748E0

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D53

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

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