#237A85#237A85

#237A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.081 H 207.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A85
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 133)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, -21.24, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 25.10, 212.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% -0.0718 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.081 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8845, 15.9685, 24.6416)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A85 #852E23

analogous

#23855F #237A85 #234985

triadic

#237A85 #85237A #7A8523

tetradic

#237A85 #5F2385 #852E23 #498523

square

#237A85 #5F2385 #852E23 #498523

split-complementary

#237A85 #852349 #855F23

monochromatic

#092124 #164E55 #237A85 #30A6B5 #51C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#237A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#237A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A85

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A85	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.081 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0a8',
    500: '#237a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a85;
$custom-light: #6ea0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.735,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53431,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A85

secondary

#B55A4F

accent

#5846E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A85

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

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