#174E52#174E52

#174E52 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.056 H 202.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E52
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 82)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 4.9%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, -16.10, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 17.81, 205.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% -0.0522 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.056 202)
XYZ	xyz(4.6001, 6.2396, 8.9429)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E52 #521B17

analogous

#175238 #174E52 #173052

triadic

#174E52 #52174E #4E5217

tetradic

#174E52 #381752 #521B17 #305217

square

#174E52 #381752 #521B17 #305217

split-complementary

#174E52 #521730 #523817

monochromatic

#071718 #0A2122 #174E52 #247B82 #32A9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#174E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#174E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E52

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E52	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.056 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f82',
    500: '#174e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e52;
$custom-light: #5e7f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3905,
    "c": 0.05628,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.0624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E52

secondary

#89413C

accent

#5348DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E52

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

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