#237C72#237C72

#237C72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.083 H 184.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237C72
RGB	rgb(35, 124, 114)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 8.1%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, -28.17, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 28.25, 184.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% -0.0829 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.083 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9366, 15.9863, 18.4256)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237C72 #7C232D

analogous

#237C45 #237C72 #23597C

triadic

#237C72 #72237C #7C7223

tetradic

#237C72 #45237C #7C232D #597C23

square

#237C72 #45237C #7C232D #597C23

split-complementary

#237C72 #7C2359 #7C4523

monochromatic

#081D1A #164C46 #237C72 #30AC9E #4DCDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#237C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#237C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237C72

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237C72	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 124, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.083 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca29a',
    500: '#237c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237c72;
$custom-light: #6ca29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.258,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53242,
    "c": 0.08315,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237C72

secondary

#AF4C57

accent

#4959DF

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF3F2

border

#C7CDCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237C72

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

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