#174E41#174E41

#174E41 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.061 H 174.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E41
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, -21.50, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 21.64, 173.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% -0.061 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.061 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0314, 6.0122, 5.9480)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E41 #4E1724

analogous

#174E26 #174E41 #17404E

triadic

#174E41 #41174E #4E4117

tetradic

#174E41 #26174E #4E1724 #404E17

square

#174E41 #26174E #4E1724 #404E17

split-complementary

#174E41 #4E1740 #4E2617

monochromatic

#071814 #091F1A #174E41 #257D68 #33AD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#174E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#174E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E41

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E41	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.061 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8075',
    500: '#174e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e41;
$custom-light: #5c8075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38402,
    "c": 0.06135,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E41

secondary

#853C4D

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E41

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

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