#237D8E#237D8E

#237D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.085 H 213.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237D8E
RGB	rgb(35, 125, 142)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, -19.85, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 25.95, 220.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% -0.0711 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.085 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9072, 16.9760, 28.1824)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237D8E #8E3423

analogous

#238E6A #237D8E #23478E

triadic

#237D8E #8E237D #7D8E23

tetradic

#237D8E #6A238E #8E3423 #478E23

square

#237D8E #6A238E #8E3423 #478E23

split-complementary

#237D8E #8E2347 #8E6A23

monochromatic

#0B272C #17525D #237D8E #2FA8BF #56C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#237D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#237D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237D8E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237D8E	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 125, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.085 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3af',
    500: '#237d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237d8e;
$custom-light: #6fa3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.533,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54588,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237D8E

secondary

#B96453

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237D8E

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

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