#237B87#237B87

#237B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.082 H 208.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237B87
RGB	rgb(35, 123, 135)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, -21.11, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 25.31, 213.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.072 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.082 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1474, 16.2711, 25.4174)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237B87 #872F23

analogous

#238761 #237B87 #234987

triadic

#237B87 #87237B #7B8723

tetradic

#237B87 #612387 #872F23 #498723

square

#237B87 #612387 #872F23 #498723

split-complementary

#237B87 #872349 #876123

monochromatic

#0A2226 #164F56 #237B87 #30A7B8 #52C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#237B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#237B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237B87

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237B87	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 123, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.082 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea1aa',
    500: '#237b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237b87;
$custom-light: #6ea1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53774,
    "c": 0.08179,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237B87

secondary

#B65C50

accent

#5946E2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237B87

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

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