#236B74#236B74

#236B74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.071 H 206.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B74
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 116)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, -18.77, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 22.03, 211.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% -0.063 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.071 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1019, 12.1327, 18.3818)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B74 #742C23

analogous

#237455 #236B74 #234274

triadic

#236B74 #74236B #6B7423

tetradic

#236B74 #552374 #742C23 #427423

square

#236B74 #552374 #742C23 #427423

split-complementary

#236B74 #742342 #745523

monochromatic

#071618 #154045 #236B74 #3196A3 #49BAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#236B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#236B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B74

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B74	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565E74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.071 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a959c',
    500: '#236b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b74;
$custom-light: #6a959c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48781,
    "c": 0.0707,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B74

secondary

#A7564C

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF1F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B74

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

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