#236A5E#236A5E

#236A5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.073 H 179.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A5E
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 94)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 11.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, -25.06, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 25.06, 179.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% -0.0725 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.073 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8666, 11.4727, 12.3874)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A5E #6A232F

analogous

#236A3A #236A5E #23536A

triadic

#236A5E #5E236A #6A5E23

tetradic

#236A5E #3A236A #6A232F #536A23

square

#236A5E #3A236A #6A232F #536A23

split-complementary

#236A5E #6A2353 #6A3A23

monochromatic

#081714 #143C35 #236A5E #329887 #46C2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#236A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#236A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A5E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A5E	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65645E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.073 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68958b',
    500: '#236a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a5e;
$custom-light: #68958b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.859,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4768,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A5E

secondary

#9D4B59

accent

#4E66DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A5E

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