#236B72#236B72

#236B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.070 H 204.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B72
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 114)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 6.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, -19.43, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 22.05, 208.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% -0.064 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.07 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9868, 12.0866, 17.7757)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B72 #722A23

analogous

#237252 #236B72 #234472

triadic

#236B72 #72236B #6B7223

tetradic

#236B72 #522372 #722A23 #447223

square

#236B72 #522372 #722A23 #447223

split-complementary

#236B72 #722344 #725223

monochromatic

#071617 #153F43 #236B72 #3197A1 #48BCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#236B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#236B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B72

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B72	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.070 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a959a',
    500: '#236b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b72;
$custom-light: #6a959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.316,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48698,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B72

secondary

#A5544C

accent

#584BDC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B72

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

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