#236A57#236A57

#236A57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.077 H 171.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A57
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 87)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 17.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, -27.01, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 27.34, 171.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% -0.0761 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.077 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5666, 11.3527, 10.8075)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A57 #6A2336

analogous

#236A34 #236A57 #23596A

triadic

#236A57 #57236A #6A5723

tetradic

#236A57 #34236A #6A2336 #596A23

square

#236A57 #34236A #6A2336 #596A23

split-complementary

#236A57 #6A2359 #6A3423

monochromatic

#081713 #143C31 #236A57 #32987D #46C2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#236A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#236A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A57

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A57	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.077 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679586',
    500: '#236a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a57;
$custom-light: #679586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.944,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47454,
    "c": 0.0769,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A57

secondary

#9D4B61

accent

#4E73DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A57

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

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