#237E88#237E88

#237E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.083 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237E88
RGB	rgb(35, 126, 136)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, -22.36, -13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 25.88, 210.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% -0.0747 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.083 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5960, 17.0551, 25.9159)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237E88 #882D23

analogous

#23885F #237E88 #234B88

triadic

#237E88 #88237E #7E8823

tetradic

#237E88 #5F2388 #882D23 #4B8823

square

#237E88 #5F2388 #882D23 #4B8823

split-complementary

#237E88 #88234B #885F23

monochromatic

#0A2427 #165157 #237E88 #30ABB9 #53C6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#237E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#237E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E88

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237E88	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.083 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3aa',
    500: '#237e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237e88;
$custom-light: #6fa3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54595,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237E88

secondary

#B75A50

accent

#5546E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E88

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

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