#237D88#237D88

#237D88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.083 H 207.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D88
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 136)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, -21.84, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 25.68, 211.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% -0.0737 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.083 207)
XYZ	xyz(12.4688, 16.8007, 25.8735)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D88 #882E23

analogous

#238860 #237D88 #234A88

triadic

#237D88 #88237D #7D8823

tetradic

#237D88 #602388 #882E23 #4A8823

square

#237D88 #602388 #882E23 #4A8823

split-complementary

#237D88 #88234A #886023

monochromatic

#0A2427 #165057 #237D88 #30AAB9 #53C5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#237D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#237D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D88

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D88	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.083 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3aa',
    500: '#237d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d88;
$custom-light: #6ea3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.535,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54335,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.16802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D88

secondary

#B75B50

accent

#5746E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D88

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

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