#175855#175855

#175855 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.064 H 190.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175855
RGB	rgb(23, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, -20.60, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 21.02, 191.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0625 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.064 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4820, 7.8169, 9.8125)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175855 #58171A

analogous

#175835 #175855 #173B58

triadic

#175855 #551758 #585517

tetradic

#175855 #351758 #58171A #3B5817

square

#175855 #351758 #58171A #3B5817

split-complementary

#175855 #58173B #583517

monochromatic

#061817 #0A2726 #175855 #248984 #30B9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#175855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#175855 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175855

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175855	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.064 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8784',
    500: '#175855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175855;
$custom-light: #5f8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.231,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41993,
    "c": 0.06354,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175855

secondary

#8F3C40

accent

#464DE2

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#EAEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #175855

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

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