#237A8A#237A8A

#237A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.083 H 212.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#237A8A
RGBrgb(35, 122, 138)
HSLhsl(189, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(189, 75%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(74.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(47.12, -19.58, -16.05)
CIE-LCHlch(47.12, 25.32, 219.35°)
OKLaboklab(53.64% -0.0696 -0.0447)
OKLCHoklch(53.64% 0.083 212.7)
XYZxyz(12.2382, 16.1099, 26.5044)
Luminance0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#237A8A #8A3323
analogous
#238A67 #237A8A #23478A
triadic
#237A8A #8A237A #7A8A23
tetradic
#237A8A #67238A #8A3323 #478A23
square
#237A8A #67238A #8A3323 #478A23
split-complementary
#237A8A #8A2347 #8A6723
monochromatic
#0A2428 #174F59 #237A8A #2FA5BB #54C0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97
#237A8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22
#237A8A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237A8A
4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##237A8A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##237A8A1.004.974.224.97
#FFFFFF4.971.0021.001.00
#0000004.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E768B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#606B8A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00807F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #237a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 122, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.083 212.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0ac',
    500: '#237a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #237a8a;
$custom-light: #6ea0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#237a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53642,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#237A8A
secondary
#B76151
accent
#5E45E3
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF2F4
border
#C8CCCE
text
#080E10
muted
#7B7E7F

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#237A8A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva