#237F79#237F79

#237F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.084 H 188.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#237F79
RGB	rgb(35, 127, 121)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 4.7%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, -27.57, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 27.93, 189.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% -0.0828 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.084 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7321, 16.9152, 20.7321)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#237F79 #7F2329

analogous

#237F4B #237F79 #23577F

triadic

#237F79 #79237F #7F7923

tetradic

#237F79 #4B237F #7F2329 #577F23

square

#237F79 #4B237F #7F2329 #577F23

split-complementary

#237F79 #7F2357 #7F4B23

monochromatic

#091F1E #164F4B #237F79 #30AFA7 #4ECEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#237F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#237F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #237F79

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##237F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##237F79	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #237f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 127, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.084 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da49f',
    500: '#237f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #237f79;
$custom-light: #6da49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#237f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54286,
    "c": 0.08374,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#237F79

secondary

#B14C53

accent

#4852E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #237F79

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

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