#237E79#237E79

#237E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.083 H 189.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E79
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, -27.07, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 27.52, 190.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% -0.0817 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.083 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6036, 16.6582, 20.6893)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E79 #7E2328

analogous

#237E4C #237E79 #23567E

triadic

#237E79 #79237E #7E7923

tetradic

#237E79 #4C237E #7E2328 #567E23

square

#237E79 #4C237E #7E2328 #567E23

split-complementary

#237E79 #7E2356 #7E4C23

monochromatic

#081E1D #164E4B #237E79 #30AEA7 #4ECEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#237E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#237E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E79

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E79	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.083 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da49f',
    500: '#237e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e79;
$custom-light: #6da49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.703,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54021,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E79

secondary

#B04C52

accent

#4850E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E79

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

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