#174E39#174E39

#174E39 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.068 H 164.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E39
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 26.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, -23.73, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 24.81, 162.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% -0.0654 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.068 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8159, 5.9259, 4.8128)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E39 #4E172C

analogous

#174E1E #174E39 #17484E

triadic

#174E39 #39174E #4E3917

tetradic

#174E39 #1E174E #4E172C #484E17

square

#174E39 #1E174E #4E172C #484E17

split-complementary

#174E39 #4E1748 #4E1E17

monochromatic

#071811 #091F16 #174E39 #257D5C #33AD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#174E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#174E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E39

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E39	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45433A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.068 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c806f',
    500: '#174e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e39;
$custom-light: #5c806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38152,
    "c": 0.06801,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E39

secondary

#853C58

accent

#4A82DE

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EEEC

border

#C5C9C7

text

#040A07

muted

#797C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E39

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

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