#237E8C#237E8C

#237E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.084 H 210.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#237E8C
RGBrgb(35, 126, 140)
HSLhsl(188, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(188, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 10%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(48.47, -21.05, -15.17)
CIE-LCHlch(48.47, 25.95, 215.77°)
OKLaboklab(54.76% -0.073 -0.0422)
OKLCHoklch(54.76% 0.084 210)
XYZxyz(12.8856, 17.1710, 27.4411)
Luminance0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#237E8C #8C3123
analogous
#238C66 #237E8C #234A8C
triadic
#237E8C #8C237E #7E8C23
tetradic
#237E8C #66238C #8C3123 #4A8C23
square
#237E8C #66238C #8C3123 #4A8C23
split-complementary
#237E8C #8C234A #8C6623
monochromatic
#0B262A #17525B #237E8C #2FAABD #55C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74
#237E8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43
#237E8C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237E8C
4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##237E8C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##237E8C1.004.744.434.74
#FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00
#0000004.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#72798D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#636F8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008482
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #237e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 126, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.084 210.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3ad',
    500: '#237e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #237e8c;
$custom-light: #6fa3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#237e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54761,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.17172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#237E8C
secondary
#B86052
accent
#5A45E3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#080F10
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #237E8C

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#237E8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva