#237D87#237D87

#237D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.082 H 206.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D87
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 135)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, -22.17, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 25.69, 210.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% -0.0741 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.082 206)
XYZ	xyz(12.3980, 16.7724, 25.5009)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D87 #872D23

analogous

#23875F #237D87 #234B87

triadic

#237D87 #87237D #7D8723

tetradic

#237D87 #5F2387 #872D23 #4B8723

square

#237D87 #5F2387 #872D23 #4B8723

split-complementary

#237D87 #87234B #875F23

monochromatic

#0A2326 #165056 #237D87 #30AAB8 #52C5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#237D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#237D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D87

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D87	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.082 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3aa',
    500: '#237d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d87;
$custom-light: #6ea3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.16774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D87

secondary

#B65A50

accent

#5546E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D87

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

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