#237A86#237A86

#237A86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.081 H 208.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237A86
RGB	rgb(35, 122, 134)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, -20.91, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 25.11, 213.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% -0.0714 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.081 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9539, 15.9962, 25.0072)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237A86 #862F23

analogous

#238660 #237A86 #234886

triadic

#237A86 #86237A #7A8623

tetradic

#237A86 #602386 #862F23 #488623

square

#237A86 #602386 #862F23 #488623

split-complementary

#237A86 #862348 #866023

monochromatic

#0A2225 #164E55 #237A86 #30A6B7 #52C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#237A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#237A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A86

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237A86	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.081 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0a9',
    500: '#237a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237a86;
$custom-light: #6ea0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53473,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237A86

secondary

#B55C4F

accent

#5946E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237A86

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

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