#174E4E#174E4E

#174E4E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.056 H 195.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E4E
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, -17.45, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 18.22, 196.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% -0.0542 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.056 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4523, 6.1805, 8.1646)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E4E #4E1717

analogous

#174E33 #174E4E #17334E

triadic

#174E4E #4E174E #4E4E17

tetradic

#174E4E #33174E #4E1717 #334E17

square

#174E4E #33174E #4E1717 #334E17

split-complementary

#174E4E #4E1733 #4E3317

monochromatic

#071818 #091F1F #174E4E #257D7D #33ADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#174E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#174E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E4E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E4E	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40444E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.056 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d807f',
    500: '#174e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e4e;
$custom-light: #5d807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38883,
    "c": 0.05611,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E4E

secondary

#853C3C

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E4E

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

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