#174E38#174E38

#174E38 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.069 H 163.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E38
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, -23.99, 7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 25.24, 161.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% -0.066 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.069 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.7912, 5.9161, 4.6827)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E38 #4E172D

analogous

#174E1D #174E38 #17494E

triadic

#174E38 #38174E #4E3817

tetradic

#174E38 #1D174E #4E172D #494E17

square

#174E38 #1D174E #4E172D #494E17

split-complementary

#174E38 #4E1749 #4E1D17

monochromatic

#071811 #091F16 #174E38 #257D5A #33AD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#174E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#174E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E38

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E38	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.069 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c806e',
    500: '#174e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e38;
$custom-light: #5c806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38123,
    "c": 0.06896,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E38

secondary

#853C59

accent

#4A85DE

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040A07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E38

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

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