#237C78#237C78

#237C78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.081 H 190.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237C78
RGB	rgb(35, 124, 120)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, -26.38, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 26.92, 191.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% -0.08 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.081 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2894, 16.1274, 20.2836)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237C78 #7C2327

analogous

#237C4B #237C78 #23537C

triadic

#237C78 #78237C #7C7823

tetradic

#237C78 #4B237C #7C2327 #537C23

square

#237C78 #4B237C #7C2327 #537C23

split-complementary

#237C78 #7C2353 #7C4B23

monochromatic

#081D1C #164C4A #237C78 #30ACA6 #4DCDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#237C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#237C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237C78

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237C78	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 124, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.081 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da29e',
    500: '#237c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237c78;
$custom-light: #6da29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.303,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53453,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237C78

secondary

#AF4C51

accent

#494FDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF3F2

border

#C8CDCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237C78

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

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