#237D8D#237D8D

#237D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.085 H 212.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D8D
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 141)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, -20.19, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 25.87, 218.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% -0.0715 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.085 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8324, 16.9461, 27.7888)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D8D #8D3323

analogous

#238D68 #237D8D #23488D

triadic

#237D8D #8D237D #7D8D23

tetradic

#237D8D #68238D #8D3323 #488D23

square

#237D8D #68238D #8D3323 #488D23

split-complementary

#237D8D #8D2348 #8D6823

monochromatic

#0B262B #17525C #237D8D #2FA8BE #55C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#237D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#237D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D8D

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D8D	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.085 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3ae',
    500: '#237d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d8d;
$custom-light: #6fa3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54545,
    "c": 0.08452,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D8D

secondary

#B96253

accent

#5C44E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D8D

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

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