#174E56#174E56

#174E56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.057 H 208.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E56
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.16, -14.72, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.16, 17.76, 214.04°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% -0.0502 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.057 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7567, 6.3023, 9.7681)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E56 #561F17

analogous

#17563F #174E56 #172F56

triadic

#174E56 #56174E #4E5617

tetradic

#174E56 #3F1756 #561F17 #2F5617

square

#174E56 #3F1756 #561F17 #2F5617

split-complementary

#174E56 #56172F #563F17

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2226 #174E56 #247A86 #31A6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#174E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#174E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E56

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E56	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.057 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e7f85',
    500: '#174e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e56;
$custom-light: #5e7f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.619,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39224,
    "c": 0.05732,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E56

secondary

#8D463C

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E56

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

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