#174D56#174D56

#174D56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.057 H 210.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D56
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 86)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, -14.14, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 17.59, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% -0.049 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.057 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6862, 6.1613, 9.7446)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D56 #562017

analogous

#175640 #174D56 #172E56

triadic

#174D56 #56174D #4D5617

tetradic

#174D56 #401756 #562017 #2E5617

square

#174D56 #401756 #562017 #2E5617

split-complementary

#174D56 #56172E #564017

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2226 #174D56 #247886 #31A3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#174D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#174D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D56

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D56	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.057 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f85',
    500: '#174d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d56;
$custom-light: #5e7f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38945,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D56

secondary

#8D473C

accent

#5D47E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D56

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

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