#174E54#174E54

#174E54 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.057 H 205.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E54
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 84)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, -15.42, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 17.74, 209.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% -0.0512 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.057 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6773, 6.2705, 9.3496)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E54 #541D17

analogous

#17543B #174E54 #172F54

triadic

#174E54 #54174E #4E5417

tetradic

#174E54 #3B1754 #541D17 #2F5417

square

#174E54 #3B1754 #541D17 #2F5417

split-complementary

#174E54 #54172F #543B17

monochromatic

#071618 #0A2124 #174E54 #247B84 #31A7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#174E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#174E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E54

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E54	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.057 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f84',
    500: '#174e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e54;
$custom-light: #5e7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39136,
    "c": 0.05669,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E54

secondary

#8B443C

accent

#5748E0

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E54

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

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