#175E55#175E55

#175E55 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.069 H 182.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175E55
RGB	rgb(23, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, -23.73, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 23.75, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0694 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.069 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9950, 8.8427, 9.9834)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175E55 #5E1720

analogous

#175E31 #175E55 #17435E

triadic

#175E55 #55175E #5E5517

tetradic

#175E55 #31175E #5E1720 #435E17

square

#175E55 #31175E #5E1720 #435E17

split-complementary

#175E55 #5E1743 #5E3117

monochromatic

#061916 #0B2D29 #175E55 #238F81 #2FC0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#175E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#175E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175E55

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175E55	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.069 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c84',
    500: '#175e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175e55;
$custom-light: #608c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43686,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175E55

secondary

#953C47

accent

#4458E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #175E55

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

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