#175959#175959

#175959 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.064 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175959
RGB	rgb(23, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, -19.84, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 20.71, 196.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% -0.0616 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.064 195)
XYZ	xyz(5.7281, 8.0475, 10.7007)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175959 #591717

analogous

#175938 #175959 #173859

triadic

#175959 #591759 #595917

tetradic

#175959 #381759 #591717 #385917

square

#175959 #381759 #591717 #385917

split-complementary

#175959 #591738 #593817

monochromatic

#061818 #0A2828 #175959 #248A8A #30BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#175959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#175959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175959

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175959	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.064 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608887',
    500: '#175959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175959;
$custom-light: #608887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42431,
    "c": 0.06379,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.08048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175959

secondary

#903C3C

accent

#4646E2

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #175959

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

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