#175B5E#175B5E

#175B5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.065 H 199.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175B5E
RGB	rgb(23, 91, 94)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, -19.26, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 20.77, 202.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% -0.0614 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.065 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1139, 8.4718, 11.9005)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175B5E #5E1A17

analogous

#175E3D #175B5E #17375E

triadic

#175B5E #5E175B #5B5E17

tetradic

#175B5E #3D175E #5E1A17 #375E17

square

#175B5E #3D175E #5E1A17 #375E17

split-complementary

#175B5E #5E1737 #5E3D17

monochromatic

#061819 #0B2B2D #175B5E #238B8F #2FBAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#175B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#175B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175B5E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175B5E	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54575E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 91, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.065 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61898b',
    500: '#175b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175b5e;
$custom-light: #61898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4319,
    "c": 0.06512,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175B5E

secondary

#95403C

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#050B0C

muted

#7A7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #175B5E

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

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