#237E5E#237E5E

#237E5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.099 H 165.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E5E
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 94)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 25.4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, -34.53, 9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 35.92, 164.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% -0.0952 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.099 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1733, 16.0860, 13.1563)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E5E #7E2343

analogous

#237E31 #237E5E #23717E

triadic

#237E5E #5E237E #7E5E23

tetradic

#237E5E #31237E #7E2343 #717E23

square

#237E5E #31237E #7E2343 #717E23

split-complementary

#237E5E #7E2371 #7E3123

monochromatic

#081E17 #164E3A #237E5E #30AE82 #4ECEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#237E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#237E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E5E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E5E	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B755C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.099 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba48b',
    500: '#237e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e5e;
$custom-light: #6ba48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.901,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53172,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E5E

secondary

#B04C70

accent

#487DE0

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#070F0C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E5E

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

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