#236B73#236B73

#236B73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.070 H 205.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B73
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 115)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, -19.10, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 22.03, 209.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% -0.0635 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.07 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0440, 12.1095, 18.0771)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B73 #732B23

analogous

#237353 #236B73 #234373

triadic

#236B73 #73236B #6B7323

tetradic

#236B73 #532373 #732B23 #437323

square

#236B73 #532373 #732B23 #437323

split-complementary

#236B73 #732343 #735323

monochromatic

#071617 #153F44 #236B73 #3197A2 #49BBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#236B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#236B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B73

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B73	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)

#626774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.070 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a959b',
    500: '#236b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b73;
$custom-light: #6a959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48739,
    "c": 0.07042,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B73

secondary

#A6554C

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B73

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

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