#237A83#237A83

#237A83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.080 H 205.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A83
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 131)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, -21.89, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 25.11, 209.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% -0.0727 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.08 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7476, 15.9137, 23.9208)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A83 #832C23

analogous

#23835C #237A83 #234A83

triadic

#237A83 #83237A #7A8323

tetradic

#237A83 #5C2383 #832C23 #4A8323

square

#237A83 #5C2383 #832C23 #4A8323

split-complementary

#237A83 #83234A #835C23

monochromatic

#092022 #164D53 #237A83 #30A7B3 #50C4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#237A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#237A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A83

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A83	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.080 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da0a7',
    500: '#237a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a83;
$custom-light: #6da0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53349,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A83

secondary

#B4574E

accent

#5547E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A83

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

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