#236A72#236A72

#236A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.070 H 205.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A72
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, -18.89, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 21.82, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% -0.0628 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.07 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8831, 11.8793, 17.7411)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A72 #722B23

analogous

#237253 #236A72 #234372

triadic

#236A72 #72236A #6A7223

tetradic

#236A72 #532372 #722B23 #437223

square

#236A72 #532372 #722B23 #437223

split-complementary

#236A72 #722343 #725323

monochromatic

#071617 #153E43 #236A72 #3196A1 #48BAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#236A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#236A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A72

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A72	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.070 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69959a',
    500: '#236a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a72;
$custom-light: #69959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48432,
    "c": 0.06975,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A72

secondary

#A5554C

accent

#5A4BDC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A72

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

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