#237978#237978

#237978 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.079 H 193.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237978
RGB	rgb(35, 121, 120)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, -24.87, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 25.78, 195.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% -0.0767 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.079 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9191, 15.3869, 20.1602)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237978 #792324

analogous

#23794D #237978 #234F79

triadic

#237978 #782379 #797823

tetradic

#237978 #4D2379 #792324 #4F7923

square

#237978 #4D2379 #792324 #4F7923

split-complementary

#237978 #79234F #794D23

monochromatic

#081A1A #154A49 #237978 #31A8A7 #4BCBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#237978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#237978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237978

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237978	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 121, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.079 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca09e',
    500: '#237978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237978;
$custom-light: #6ca09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.302,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52656,
    "c": 0.07904,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237978

secondary

#AC4C4D

accent

#494BDE

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237978

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

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