#237E81#237E81

#237E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.082 H 198.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E81
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 129)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, -24.61, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 26.29, 200.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% -0.0779 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.082 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1147, 16.8626, 23.3809)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E81 #812623

analogous

#238155 #237E81 #234F81

triadic

#237E81 #81237E #7E8123

tetradic

#237E81 #552381 #812623 #4F8123

square

#237E81 #552381 #812623 #4F8123

split-complementary

#237E81 #81234F #815523

monochromatic

#092021 #164F51 #237E81 #30ADB1 #4FCBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#237E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#237E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E81

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E81	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.082 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3a5',
    500: '#237e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e81;
$custom-light: #6ea3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.915,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54318,
    "c": 0.08207,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E81

secondary

#B3504D

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E81

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

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