#237D72#237D72

#237D72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.084 H 183.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D72
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 114)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 8.8%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, -28.66, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 28.70, 183.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% -0.084 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.084 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0626, 16.2382, 18.4676)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D72 #7D232E

analogous

#237D45 #237D72 #235B7D

triadic

#237D72 #72237D #7D7223

tetradic

#237D72 #45237D #7D232E #5B7D23

square

#237D72 #45237D #7D232E #5B7D23

split-complementary

#237D72 #7D235B #7D4523

monochromatic

#081D1B #164D46 #237D72 #30AD9E #4DCDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#237D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#237D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D72

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D72	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.084 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca39a',
    500: '#237d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d72;
$custom-light: #6ca39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5351,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D72

secondary

#AF4C58

accent

#485BE0

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D72

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

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