#174F53#174F53

#174F53 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.057 H 201.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F53
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 83)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, -16.33, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 18.04, 205.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% -0.0529 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.057 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7100, 6.3981, 9.1687)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F53 #531B17

analogous

#175339 #174F53 #173153

triadic

#174F53 #53174F #4F5317

tetradic

#174F53 #391753 #531B17 #315317

square

#174F53 #391753 #531B17 #315317

split-complementary

#174F53 #531731 #533917

monochromatic

#071718 #0A2123 #174F53 #247D83 #32AAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#174F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#174F53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F53

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F53	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.057 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8083',
    500: '#174f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f53;
$custom-light: #5e8083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39374,
    "c": 0.05699,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F53

secondary

#8A413C

accent

#5248E0

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#E9EEEF

border

#C5C9CA

text

#050A0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F53

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

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