#237D86#237D86

#237D86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.082 H 204.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D86
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 134)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 6.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, -22.49, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 25.71, 208.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% -0.0746 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.082 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3279, 16.7443, 25.1319)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D86 #862C23

analogous

#23865E #237D86 #234B86

triadic

#237D86 #86237D #7D8623

tetradic

#237D86 #5E2386 #862C23 #4B8623

square

#237D86 #5E2386 #862C23 #4B8623

split-complementary

#237D86 #86234B #865E23

monochromatic

#0A2225 #165055 #237D86 #30AAB7 #52C6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#237D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#237D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D86

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D86	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.082 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3a9',
    500: '#237d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d86;
$custom-light: #6ea3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54254,
    "c": 0.08221,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D86

secondary

#B5594F

accent

#5446E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D86

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

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