#174E42#174E42

#174E42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.061 H 175.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E42
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, -21.21, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 21.29, 174.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% -0.0605 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.061 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0606, 6.0238, 6.1019)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E42 #4E1723

analogous

#174E27 #174E42 #173F4E

triadic

#174E42 #42174E #4E4217

tetradic

#174E42 #27174E #4E1723 #3F4E17

square

#174E42 #27174E #4E1723 #3F4E17

split-complementary

#174E42 #4E173F #4E2717

monochromatic

#071814 #091F1A #174E42 #257D6A #33AD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#174E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#174E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E42

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E42	1.00	9.52	2.20	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.061 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8076',
    500: '#174e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e42;
$custom-light: #5c8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38436,
    "c": 0.06067,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E42

secondary

#853C4C

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E42

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

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