#174F50#174F50

#174F50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.057 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F50
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 80)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, -17.34, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 18.32, 198.83°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% -0.0544 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.057 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5967, 6.3528, 8.5718)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F50 #501817

analogous

#175035 #174F50 #173250

triadic

#174F50 #50174F #4F5017

tetradic

#174F50 #351750 #501817 #325017

square

#174F50 #351750 #501817 #325017

split-complementary

#174F50 #501732 #503517

monochromatic

#071718 #092020 #174F50 #257E80 #32ADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#174F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#174F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F50

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F50	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00524F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.057 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8081',
    500: '#174f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f50;
$custom-light: #5d8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39249,
    "c": 0.05678,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F50

secondary

#873D3C

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F5F7F7

surface

#E9EEEE

border

#C5C9C9

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F50

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

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