#237A81#237A81

#237A81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.080 H 202.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A81
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 129)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, -22.54, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 25.18, 206.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% -0.0736 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.08 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6134, 15.8600, 23.2138)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A81 #812A23

analogous

#238159 #237A81 #234B81

triadic

#237A81 #81237A #7A8123

tetradic

#237A81 #592381 #812A23 #4B8123

square

#237A81 #592381 #812A23 #4B8123

split-complementary

#237A81 #81234B #815923

monochromatic

#091F21 #164C51 #237A81 #30A8B1 #4FC6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#237A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#237A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A81

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A81	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.080 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da0a5',
    500: '#237a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a81;
$custom-light: #6da0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.468,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53269,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A81

secondary

#B3554D

accent

#5347E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A81

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

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