#237B5B#237B5B

#237B5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.097 H 164.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237B5B
RGB	rgb(35, 123, 91)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(158, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 26%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, -33.93, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 35.41, 163.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% -0.0934 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.097 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6634, 15.2775, 12.3351)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237B5B #7B2343

analogous

#237B2F #237B5B #236F7B

triadic

#237B5B #5B237B #7B5B23

tetradic

#237B5B #2F237B #7B2343 #6F7B23

square

#237B5B #2F237B #7B2343 #6F7B23

split-complementary

#237B5B #7B236F #7B2F23

monochromatic

#081C15 #154B38 #237B5B #31AB7E #4CCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#237B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#237B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237B5B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237B5B	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 123, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.097 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba289',
    500: '#237b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237b5b;
$custom-light: #6ba289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52268,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237B5B

secondary

#AE4C70

accent

#497FDF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF3F0

border

#C7CDCB

text

#070F0B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #237B5B

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

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