#236D72#236D72

#236D72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.071 H 201.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D72
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 114)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, -20.50, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 22.57, 204.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% -0.0662 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.071 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1977, 12.5085, 17.8460)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D72 #722823

analogous

#237250 #236D72 #234672

triadic

#236D72 #72236D #6D7223

tetradic

#236D72 #502372 #722823 #467223

square

#236D72 #502372 #722823 #467223

split-complementary

#236D72 #722346 #725023

monochromatic

#071617 #154043 #236D72 #319AA1 #48BFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#236D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#236D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D72

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D72	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.071 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a979a',
    500: '#236d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d72;
$custom-light: #6a979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.797,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49231,
    "c": 0.0712,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D72

secondary

#A5514C

accent

#554BDC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D72

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

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