#175E5E#175E5E

#175E5E is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.067 H 195.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#175E5E
RGB	rgb(23, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.97, -20.87, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.97, 21.79, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% -0.0648 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.067 195)
XYZ	xyz(6.3755, 8.9950, 11.9877)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#175E5E #5E1717

analogous

#175E3A #175E5E #173A5E

triadic

#175E5E #5E175E #5E5E17

tetradic

#175E5E #3A175E #5E1717 #3A5E17

square

#175E5E #3A175E #5E1717 #3A5E17

split-complementary

#175E5E #5E173A #5E3A17

monochromatic

#061919 #0B2D2D #175E5E #238F8F #2FC0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#175E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#175E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #175E5E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##175E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##175E5E	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #175e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.067 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618c8b',
    500: '#175e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #175e5e;
$custom-light: #618c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#175e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44024,
    "c": 0.06711,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.08996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#175E5E

secondary

#953C3C

accent

#4444E4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0C

muted

#7A7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #175E5E

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

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