#174E4F#174E4F

#174E4F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.056 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E4F
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 79)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, -17.12, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 18.09, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% -0.0537 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.056 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4884, 6.1950, 8.3548)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E4F #4F1817

analogous

#174F34 #174E4F #17324F

triadic

#174E4F #4F174E #4E4F17

tetradic

#174E4F #34174F #4F1817 #324F17

square

#174E4F #34174F #4F1817 #324F17

split-complementary

#174E4F #4F1732 #4F3417

monochromatic

#071718 #091F20 #174E4F #257D7E #33ACAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#174E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#174E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E4F

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E4F	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40444F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.056 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8080',
    500: '#174e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e4f;
$custom-light: #5d8080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38924,
    "c": 0.05607,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E4F

secondary

#863D3C

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E4F

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

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