#237D78#237D78

#237D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.082 H 189.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D78
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 120)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, -26.88, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 27.32, 190.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% -0.0811 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.082 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4153, 16.3793, 20.3256)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D78 #7D2328

analogous

#237D4B #237D78 #23557D

triadic

#237D78 #78237D #7D7823

tetradic

#237D78 #4B237D #7D2328 #557D23

square

#237D78 #4B237D #7D2328 #557D23

split-complementary

#237D78 #7D2355 #7D4B23

monochromatic

#081D1C #164D4A #237D78 #30ADA6 #4DCDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#237D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#237D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D78

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D78	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.082 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da39e',
    500: '#237d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d78;
$custom-light: #6da39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53719,
    "c": 0.08224,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D78

secondary

#AF4C52

accent

#4851E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D78

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

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