#174E48#174E48

#174E48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.057 H 184.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E48
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, -19.38, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 19.46, 185.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% -0.0573 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.057 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2469, 6.0984, 7.0829)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E48 #4E171D

analogous

#174E2D #174E48 #17384E

triadic

#174E48 #48174E #4E4817

tetradic

#174E48 #2D174E #4E171D #384E17

square

#174E48 #2D174E #4E171D #384E17

split-complementary

#174E48 #4E1738 #4E2D17

monochromatic

#071816 #091F1C #174E48 #257D74 #33AD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#174E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#174E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E48

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E48	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00504C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.057 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c807a',
    500: '#174e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e48;
$custom-light: #5c807a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.455,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3865,
    "c": 0.05749,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E48

secondary

#853C44

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#040A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E48

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

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