#237E87#237E87

#237E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.083 H 204.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E87
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 135)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, -22.69, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 25.90, 208.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.0752 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.083 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5252, 17.0268, 25.5434)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E87 #872C23

analogous

#23875E #237E87 #234C87

triadic

#237E87 #87237E #7E8723

tetradic

#237E87 #5E2387 #872C23 #4C8723

square

#237E87 #5E2387 #872C23 #4C8723

split-complementary

#237E87 #87234C #875E23

monochromatic

#0A2326 #165156 #237E87 #30ABB8 #52C7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#237E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#237E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E87

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E87	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.083 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3aa',
    500: '#237e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e87;
$custom-light: #6ea3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54555,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E87

secondary

#B65950

accent

#5446E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E87

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

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