#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
RGBrgb(35, 91, 91)
HSLhsl(180, 44%, 25%)
HSVhsv(180, 62%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 0%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LABlab(35.19, -18.07, -5.51)
CIE-LCHlch(35.19, 18.89, 196.95°)
OKLaboklab(43.45% -0.0561 -0.0153)
OKLCHoklch(43.45% 0.058 195.2)
XYZxyz(6.3217, 8.5942, 11.2212)
Luminance0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##235B5B1.007.722.727.72
#FFFFFF7.721.0021.001.00
#0000002.7221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.721.0021.001.00

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

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#235B5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva