#235B5B#235B5B

#235B5B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.058 H 195.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#235B5B
RGB	rgb(35, 91, 91)
HSL	hsl(180, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.19, -18.07, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.19, 18.89, 196.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% -0.0561 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.058 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3217, 8.5942, 11.2212)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#235B5B #5B2323

analogous

#235B3F #235B5B #233F5B

triadic

#235B5B #5B235B #5B5B23

tetradic

#235B5B #3F235B #5B2323 #3F5B23

square

#235B5B #3F235B #5B2323 #3F5B23

split-complementary

#235B5B #5B233F #5B3F23

monochromatic

#091616 #122F2F #235B5B #348787 #45B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#235B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#235B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #235B5B

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##235B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##235B5B	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55575B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #235b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 91, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.058 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658989',
    500: '#235b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #235b5b;
$custom-light: #658989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#235b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43452,
    "c": 0.05812,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#235B5B

secondary

#8F4B4B

accent

#5454D4

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #235B5B

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

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