#237A5B#237A5B

#237A5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.096 H 165.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#237A5B
RGBrgb(35, 122, 91)
HSLhsl(159, 55%, 31%)
HSVhsv(159, 71%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 25.4%, 52.2%)
CIE-LABlab(45.68, -33.48, 9.67)
CIE-LCHlch(45.68, 34.85, 163.89°)
OKLaboklab(51.99% -0.0923 0.0247)
OKLCHoklch(51.99% 0.096 165)
XYZxyz(9.5400, 15.0307, 12.2939)
Luminance0.1503 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#237A5B #7A2342
analogous
#237A2F #237A5B #236D7A
triadic
#237A5B #5B237A #7A5B23
tetradic
#237A5B #2F237A #7A2342 #6D7A23
square
#237A5B #2F237A #7A2342 #6D7A23
split-complementary
#237A5B #7A236D #7A2F23
monochromatic
#081B14 #154A38 #237A5B #31AA7E #4CCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24
#237A5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01
#237A5B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A5B
5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##237A5B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##237A5B1.005.244.015.24
#FFFFFF5.241.0021.001.00
#0000004.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.241.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#777159
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C695D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007A71
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #237a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.096 165.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa189',
    500: '#237a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #237a5b;
$custom-light: #6aa189;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#237a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.621,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51992,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.15032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#237A5B
secondary
#AD4C6F
accent
#497EDF
background
#F6FAF8
surface
#ECF3F0
border
#C7CDCB
text
#070F0B
muted
#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A5B

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#237A5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva