#237E72#237E72

#237E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.085 H 182.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E72
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, -29.14, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 29.16, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% -0.0851 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.085 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1898, 16.4926, 18.5100)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E72 #7E232F

analogous

#237E45 #237E72 #235D7E

triadic

#237E72 #72237E #7E7223

tetradic

#237E72 #45237E #7E232F #5D7E23

square

#237E72 #45237E #7E232F #5D7E23

split-complementary

#237E72 #7E235D #7E4523

monochromatic

#081E1B #164E47 #237E72 #30AE9D #4ECEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#237E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#237E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E72

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E72	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.085 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca49a',
    500: '#237e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e72;
$custom-light: #6ca49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.088,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53778,
    "c": 0.08519,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E72

secondary

#B04C5A

accent

#485CE0

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E72

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

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