#235B59#235B59

#235B59 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.058 H 192.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B59
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, -18.69, -4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 19.19, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% -0.0571 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.058 192)
XYZ	xyz(6.2366, 8.5601, 10.7729)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B59 #5B2325

analogous

#235B3D #235B59 #23415B

triadic

#235B59 #59235B #5B5923

tetradic

#235B59 #3D235B #5B2325 #415B23

square

#235B59 #3D235B #5B2325 #415B23

split-complementary

#235B59 #5B2341 #5B3D23

monochromatic

#091616 #122F2E #235B59 #348784 #45B3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#235B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#235B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B59

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B59	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D505A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.058 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658987',
    500: '#235b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b59;
$custom-light: #658987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43375,
    "c": 0.05833,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.08561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B59

secondary

#8F4B4D

accent

#5458D4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B59

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

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