#236A78#236A78

#236A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.072 H 213.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A78
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 120)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, -16.89, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 22.08, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% -0.0601 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.072 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2359, 12.0204, 19.5991)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A78 #783123

analogous

#23785B #236A78 #234078

triadic

#236A78 #78236A #6A7823

tetradic

#236A78 #5B2378 #783123 #407823

square

#236A78 #5B2378 #783123 #407823

split-complementary

#236A78 #782340 #785B23

monochromatic

#071619 #154049 #236A78 #3194A7 #4BB5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#236A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#236A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A78

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A78	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.072 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a949f',
    500: '#236a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a78;
$custom-light: #6a949f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.882,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48688,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A78

secondary

#AB5C4C

accent

#624ADE

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A78

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

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