#237E86#237E86

#237E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.083 H 203.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E86
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 134)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, -23.01, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 25.93, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% -0.0756 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.083 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4552, 16.9988, 25.1743)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E86 #862B23

analogous

#23865C #237E86 #234D86

triadic

#237E86 #86237E #7E8623

tetradic

#237E86 #5C2386 #862B23 #4D8623

square

#237E86 #5C2386 #862B23 #4D8623

split-complementary

#237E86 #86234D #865C23

monochromatic

#0A2325 #165055 #237E86 #30ACB7 #52C7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#237E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#237E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E86

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E86	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.083 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3a9',
    500: '#237e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e86;
$custom-light: #6ea3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54514,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E86

secondary

#B5584F

accent

#5346E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E86

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

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