#174E40#174E40

#174E40 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.062 H 172.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E40
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, -21.79, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 22.01, 172.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% -0.0616 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.062 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0027, 6.0007, 5.7968)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E40 #4E1725

analogous

#174E25 #174E40 #17414E

triadic

#174E40 #40174E #4E4017

tetradic

#174E40 #25174E #4E1725 #414E17

square

#174E40 #25174E #4E1725 #414E17

split-complementary

#174E40 #4E1741 #4E2517

monochromatic

#071813 #091F19 #174E40 #257D67 #33AD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#174E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#174E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E40

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E40	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B493F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.062 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8074',
    500: '#174e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e40;
$custom-light: #5c8074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38369,
    "c": 0.06207,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E40

secondary

#853C4E

accent

#4A70DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E40

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

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