#237D5E#237D5E

#237D5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.097 H 165.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D5E
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 94)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 24.8%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, -34.08, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 35.36, 164.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% -0.0941 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.097 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0460, 15.8316, 13.1139)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D5E #7D2342

analogous

#237D31 #237D5E #236F7D

triadic

#237D5E #5E237D #7D5E23

tetradic

#237D5E #31237D #7D2342 #6F7D23

square

#237D5E #31237D #7D2342 #6F7D23

split-complementary

#237D5E #7D236F #7D3123

monochromatic

#081D16 #164D3A #237D5E #30AD82 #4DCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#237D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#237D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D5E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D5E	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A745C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6B60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.097 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba38b',
    500: '#237d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d5e;
$custom-light: #6ba38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52898,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D5E

secondary

#AF4C6E

accent

#487CE0

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#070F0C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D5E

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

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