#174F59#174F59

#174F59 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.059 H 211.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174F59
RGB	rgb(23, 79, 89)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, -14.24, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 18.09, 218.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% -0.05 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.059 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9517, 6.4948, 10.4419)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174F59 #592117

analogous

#175942 #174F59 #172E59

triadic

#174F59 #59174F #4F5917

tetradic

#174F59 #421759 #592117 #2E5917

square

#174F59 #421759 #592117 #2E5917

split-complementary

#174F59 #59172E #594217

monochromatic

#061618 #0A2428 #174F59 #247A8A #30A5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#174F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#174F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174F59

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174F59	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 79, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.059 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8087',
    500: '#174f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174f59;
$custom-light: #5f8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39639,
    "c": 0.05883,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174F59

secondary

#90493C

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEEEF

border

#C6C9CA

text

#050A0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #174F59

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

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