#236A55#236A55

#236A55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.078 H 169.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A55
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(162, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 19.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, -27.55, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 28.07, 168.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.39% -0.0772 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(47.39% 0.078 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4860, 11.3205, 10.3831)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A55 #6A2338

analogous

#236A32 #236A55 #235B6A

triadic

#236A55 #55236A #6A5523

tetradic

#236A55 #32236A #6A2338 #5B6A23

square

#236A55 #32236A #6A2338 #5B6A23

split-complementary

#236A55 #6A235B #6A3223

monochromatic

#081712 #143C30 #236A55 #32987A #46C29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#236A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#236A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A55

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A55	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.078 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679584',
    500: '#236a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a55;
$custom-light: #679584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.254,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47393,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A55

secondary

#9D4B64

accent

#4E77DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A55

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

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