#174E44#174E44

#174E44 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.059 H 178.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E44
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 68)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, -20.61, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 20.62, 178.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% -0.0594 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.059 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1206, 6.0478, 6.4179)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E44 #4E1721

analogous

#174E29 #174E44 #173D4E

triadic

#174E44 #44174E #4E4417

tetradic

#174E44 #29174E #4E1721 #3D4E17

square

#174E44 #29174E #4E1721 #3D4E17

split-complementary

#174E44 #4E173D #4E2917

monochromatic

#071815 #091F1B #174E44 #257D6D #33AD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#174E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#174E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E44

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E44	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.059 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8077',
    500: '#174e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e44;
$custom-light: #5c8077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38505,
    "c": 0.05943,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E44

secondary

#853C49

accent

#4A65DE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E44

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

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