#236F7B#236F7B

#236F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.074 H 210.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F7B
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 123)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -18.64, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 22.94, 215.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0643 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.074 210)
XYZ	xyz(9.9512, 13.1551, 20.7498)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F7B #7B2F23

analogous

#237B5B #236F7B #23437B

triadic

#236F7B #7B236F #6F7B23

tetradic

#236F7B #5B237B #7B2F23 #437B23

square

#236F7B #5B237B #7B2F23 #437B23

split-complementary

#236F7B #7B2343 #7B5B23

monochromatic

#08191C #15444B #236F7B #319AAB #4CBBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#236F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#236F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F7B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F7B	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58627B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.074 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b98a1',
    500: '#236f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f7b;
$custom-light: #6b98a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50133,
    "c": 0.07432,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.13156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F7B

secondary

#AE594C

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F7B

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

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