#236D74#236D74

#236D74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.072 H 204.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D74
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 116)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, -19.86, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 22.48, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% -0.0653 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.072 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3128, 12.5545, 18.4521)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D74 #742A23

analogous

#237453 #236D74 #234574

triadic

#236D74 #74236D #6D7423

tetradic

#236D74 #532374 #742A23 #457423

square

#236D74 #532374 #742A23 #457423

split-complementary

#236D74 #742345 #745323

monochromatic

#071618 #154145 #236D74 #3199A3 #49BDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#236D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#236D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D74

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D74	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.072 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a979c',
    500: '#236d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d74;
$custom-light: #6a979c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.185,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49312,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D74

secondary

#A7544C

accent

#574BDD

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D74

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

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