#237B85#237B85

#237B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.081 H 206.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237B85
RGB	rgb(35, 123, 133)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, -21.77, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 25.29, 210.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% -0.0729 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.081 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0079, 16.2153, 24.6828)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237B85 #852D23

analogous

#23855E #237B85 #234A85

triadic

#237B85 #85237B #7B8523

tetradic

#237B85 #5E2385 #852D23 #4A8523

square

#237B85 #5E2385 #852D23 #4A8523

split-complementary

#237B85 #85234A #855E23

monochromatic

#092124 #164E55 #237B85 #30A8B5 #51C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#237B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#237B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237B85

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237B85	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 123, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.081 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea1a8',
    500: '#237b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237b85;
$custom-light: #6ea1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53692,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237B85

secondary

#B5594F

accent

#5646E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237B85

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

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