#174F48#174F48

#174F48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.059 H 183.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F48
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 72)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, -19.92, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 19.95, 183.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% -0.0585 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.059 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3185, 6.2415, 7.1068)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F48 #4F171E

analogous

#174F2C #174F48 #173A4F

triadic

#174F48 #48174F #4F4817

tetradic

#174F48 #2C174F #4F171E #3A4F17

square

#174F48 #2C174F #4F171E #3A4F17

split-complementary

#174F48 #4F173A #4F2C17

monochromatic

#071816 #09201D #174F48 #257E73 #33AE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#174F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#174F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F48

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F48	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)

#4B4A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00514D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.059 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d807a',
    500: '#174f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f48;
$custom-light: #5d807a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38938,
    "c": 0.05861,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F48

secondary

#863C45

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEED

border

#C5C9C8

text

#050A09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F48

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

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