#175E56#175E56

#175E56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.069 H 184.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175E56
RGB	rgb(23, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.71, -23.42, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.71, 23.48, 184.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0689 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.069 184)
XYZ	xyz(6.0350, 8.8587, 10.1941)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175E56 #5E171F

analogous

#175E32 #175E56 #17435E

triadic

#175E56 #56175E #5E5617

tetradic

#175E56 #32175E #5E171F #435E17

square

#175E56 #32175E #5E171F #435E17

split-complementary

#175E56 #5E1743 #5E3217

monochromatic

#061916 #0B2D29 #175E56 #238F83 #2FC0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#175E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#175E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175E56

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175E56	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.069 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#608c85',
    500: '#175e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175e56;
$custom-light: #608c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43722,
    "c": 0.06905,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.08859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175E56

secondary

#953C46

accent

#4456E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #175E56

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

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