#175A42#175A42

#175A42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.078 H 164.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175A42
RGB	rgb(23, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(159, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 26.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, -27.18, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 28.32, 163.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% -0.0749 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.078 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9923, 7.8873, 6.4125)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175A42 #5A172F

analogous

#175A20 #175A42 #17515A

triadic

#175A42 #42175A #5A4217

tetradic

#175A42 #20175A #5A172F #515A17

square

#175A42 #20175A #5A172F #515A17

split-complementary

#175A42 #5A1751 #5A2017

monochromatic

#061812 #0B291E #175A42 #238B66 #30BB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#175A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#175A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175A42

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175A42	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)

#585341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.078 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e8976',
    500: '#175a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175a42;
$custom-light: #5e8976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.507,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41931,
    "c": 0.0776,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175A42

secondary

#913C5A

accent

#457EE2

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B08

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #175A42

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

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