#237A79#237A79

#237A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.080 H 193.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A79
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 121)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, -25.06, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 25.99, 195.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% -0.0773 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.08 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1023, 15.6556, 20.5222)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A79 #7A2324

analogous

#237A4D #237A79 #234F7A

triadic

#237A79 #79237A #7A7923

tetradic

#237A79 #4D237A #7A2324 #4F7A23

square

#237A79 #4D237A #7A2324 #4F7A23

split-complementary

#237A79 #7A234F #7A4D23

monochromatic

#081B1B #154A4A #237A79 #31AAA8 #4CCCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#237A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#237A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A79

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A79	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.080 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca19f',
    500: '#237a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a79;
$custom-light: #6ca19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.31,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52959,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A79

secondary

#AD4C4D

accent

#494BDF

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A79

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

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