#237D79#237D79

#237D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.082 H 190.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D79
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, -26.58, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 27.12, 191.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% -0.0806 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.082 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4764, 16.4037, 20.6468)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D79 #7D2327

analogous

#237D4C #237D79 #23547D

triadic

#237D79 #79237D #7D7923

tetradic

#237D79 #4C237D #7D2327 #547D23

square

#237D79 #4C237D #7D2327 #547D23

split-complementary

#237D79 #7D2354 #7D4C23

monochromatic

#081D1C #164D4B #237D79 #30ADA7 #4DCDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#237D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#237D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D79

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D79	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)

#757679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.082 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da39f',
    500: '#237d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d79;
$custom-light: #6da39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53755,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D79

secondary

#AF4C51

accent

#484FE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D79

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

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