#237A72#237A72

#237A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.081 H 186.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A72
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 114)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 6.6%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, -27.19, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 27.36, 186.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% -0.0807 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.081 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6885, 15.4901, 18.3429)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A72 #7A232B

analogous

#237A46 #237A72 #23567A

triadic

#237A72 #72237A #7A7223

tetradic

#237A72 #46237A #7A232B #567A23

square

#237A72 #46237A #7A232B #567A23

split-complementary

#237A72 #7A2356 #7A4623

monochromatic

#081B19 #154A46 #237A72 #31AA9E #4CCCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#237A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#237A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A72

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A72	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.081 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca19a',
    500: '#237a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a72;
$custom-light: #6ca19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.483,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52706,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A72

secondary

#AD4C55

accent

#4957DF

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A72

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

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