#236A56#236A56

#236A56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.078 H 170.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A56
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 18.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, -27.28, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 27.70, 170.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% -0.0766 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.078 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5261, 11.3365, 10.5938)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A56 #6A2337

analogous

#236A33 #236A56 #235A6A

triadic

#236A56 #56236A #6A5623

tetradic

#236A56 #33236A #6A2337 #5A6A23

square

#236A56 #33236A #6A2337 #5A6A23

split-complementary

#236A56 #6A235A #6A3323

monochromatic

#081713 #143C31 #236A56 #32987B #46C29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#236A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#236A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A56

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A56	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.078 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679585',
    500: '#236a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a56;
$custom-light: #679585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.099,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47424,
    "c": 0.07762,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A56

secondary

#9D4B62

accent

#4E75DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A56

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

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