#237C85#237C85

#237C85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.082 H 205.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237C85
RGB	rgb(35, 124, 133)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, -22.29, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 25.51, 209.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% -0.074 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.082 205)
XYZ	xyz(12.1326, 16.4647, 24.7243)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237C85 #852C23

analogous

#23855D #237C85 #234B85

triadic

#237C85 #85237C #7C8523

tetradic

#237C85 #5D2385 #852C23 #4B8523

square

#237C85 #5D2385 #852C23 #4B8523

split-complementary

#237C85 #85234B #855D23

monochromatic

#092224 #164F55 #237C85 #30A9B5 #51C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#237C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#237C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237C85

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237C85	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 124, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.082 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea2a8',
    500: '#237c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237c85;
$custom-light: #6ea2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.51,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53953,
    "c": 0.08159,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.16466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237C85

secondary

#B5584F

accent

#5546E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237C85

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

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