#236A51#236A51

#236A51 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.082 H 166.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A51
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(159, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 23.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.01, -28.59, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.01, 29.60, 165.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% -0.0793 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.082 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3316, 11.2587, 9.5698)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A51 #6A233C

analogous

#236A2D #236A51 #23606A

triadic

#236A51 #51236A #6A5123

tetradic

#236A51 #2D236A #6A233C #606A23

square

#236A51 #2D236A #6A233C #606A23

split-complementary

#236A51 #6A2360 #6A2D23

monochromatic

#081712 #143C2E #236A51 #329874 #46C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#236A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#236A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A51

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A51	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.082 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679581',
    500: '#236a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a51;
$custom-light: #679581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.873,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47276,
    "c": 0.08164,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A51

secondary

#9D4B68

accent

#4E7FDA

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2EE

border

#C6CCC9

text

#060D0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A51

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

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