#237B79#237B79

#237B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.080 H 192.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237B79
RGB	rgb(35, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, -25.57, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 26.36, 194.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% -0.0784 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.08 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2257, 15.9024, 20.5633)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237B79 #7B2325

analogous

#237B4D #237B79 #23517B

triadic

#237B79 #79237B #7B7923

tetradic

#237B79 #4D237B #7B2325 #517B23

square

#237B79 #4D237B #7B2325 #517B23

split-complementary

#237B79 #7B2351 #7B4D23

monochromatic

#081C1B #154B4A #237B79 #31ABA8 #4CCCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#237B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#237B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237B79

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237B79	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)

#737579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.080 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca19f',
    500: '#237b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237b79;
$custom-light: #6ca19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53224,
    "c": 0.08043,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237B79

secondary

#AE4C4E

accent

#494CDF

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237B79

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

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