#235A56#235A56

#235A56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.058 H 188.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235A56
RGB	rgb(35, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, -19.06, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 19.32, 189.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% -0.0573 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.058 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0283, 8.3409, 10.0946)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235A56 #5A2327

analogous

#235A3B #235A56 #23435A

triadic

#235A56 #56235A #5A5623

tetradic

#235A56 #3B235A #5A2327 #435A23

square

#235A56 #3B235A #5A2327 #435A23

split-complementary

#235A56 #5A2343 #5A3B23

monochromatic

#091615 #122E2C #235A56 #348680 #45B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#235A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#235A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235A56

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235A56	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.058 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658985',
    500: '#235a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235a56;
$custom-light: #658985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42986,
    "c": 0.05799,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235A56

secondary

#8E4B50

accent

#545DD4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #235A56

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

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