#175859#175859

#175859 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.063 H 196.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175859
RGB	rgb(23, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, -19.30, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 20.35, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% -0.0604 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.063 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6454, 7.8822, 10.6731)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175859 #591817

analogous

#175939 #175859 #173759

triadic

#175859 #591758 #585917

tetradic

#175859 #391759 #591817 #375917

square

#175859 #391759 #591817 #375917

split-complementary

#175859 #591737 #593917

monochromatic

#061818 #0A2828 #175859 #24888A #30B8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#175859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#175859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175859

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175859	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.063 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608787',
    500: '#175859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175859;
$custom-light: #608787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.909,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42151,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175859

secondary

#903D3C

accent

#4846E2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBEFEF

border

#C6CACA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #175859

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

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