#237C8D#237C8D

#237C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.084 H 213.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237C8D
RGB	rgb(35, 124, 141)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, -19.65, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 25.77, 220.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% -0.0704 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.084 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7065, 16.6942, 27.7468)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237C8D #8D3423

analogous

#238D69 #237C8D #23478D

triadic

#237C8D #8D237C #7C8D23

tetradic

#237C8D #69238D #8D3423 #478D23

square

#237C8D #69238D #8D3423 #478D23

split-complementary

#237C8D #8D2347 #8D6923

monochromatic

#0B262B #17515C #237C8D #2FA7BE #55C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#237C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#237C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237C8D

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237C8D	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F788E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 124, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.084 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa2ae',
    500: '#237c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237c8d;
$custom-light: #6fa2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.623,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54287,
    "c": 0.08439,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237C8D

secondary

#B96353

accent

#5E44E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237C8D

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

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