#237E85#237E85

#237E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.082 H 202.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E85
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 133)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, -23.33, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 25.98, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% -0.0761 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.082 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3858, 16.9710, 24.8087)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E85 #852A23

analogous

#23855B #237E85 #234D85

triadic

#237E85 #85237E #7E8523

tetradic

#237E85 #5B2385 #852A23 #4D8523

square

#237E85 #5B2385 #852A23 #4D8523

split-complementary

#237E85 #85234D #855B23

monochromatic

#092224 #165055 #237E85 #30ACB5 #51C8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#237E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#237E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E85

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E85	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.082 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3a8',
    500: '#237e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e85;
$custom-light: #6ea3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54474,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E85

secondary

#B5564F

accent

#5146E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E85

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

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