#174E53#174E53

#174E53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.056 H 203.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E53
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, -15.76, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 17.76, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% -0.0517 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.056 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6384, 6.2550, 9.1448)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E53 #531C17

analogous

#17533A #174E53 #173053

triadic

#174E53 #53174E #4E5317

tetradic

#174E53 #3A1753 #531C17 #305317

square

#174E53 #3A1753 #531C17 #305317

split-complementary

#174E53 #531730 #533A17

monochromatic

#071718 #0A2123 #174E53 #247B83 #32A8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#174E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#174E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E53

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E53	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.056 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f83',
    500: '#174e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e53;
$custom-light: #5e7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39093,
    "c": 0.05646,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E53

secondary

#8A423C

accent

#5548E0

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E53

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

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