#174F56#174F56

#174F56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.058 H 207.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F56
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 86)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, -15.30, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 17.96, 211.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% -0.0514 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.058 207)
XYZ	xyz(4.8283, 6.4455, 9.7919)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F56 #561E17

analogous

#17563E #174F56 #173056

triadic

#174F56 #56174F #4F5617

tetradic

#174F56 #3E1756 #561E17 #305617

square

#174F56 #3E1756 #561E17 #305617

split-complementary

#174F56 #561730 #563E17

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2326 #174F56 #247B86 #31A8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#174F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#174F56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F56

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F56	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.058 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8085',
    500: '#174f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f56;
$custom-light: #5e8085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39504,
    "c": 0.05767,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.06446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F56

secondary

#8D453C

accent

#5847E1

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F56

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

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