#236A60#236A60

#236A60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.072 H 182.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A60
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 96)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 9.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, -24.48, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 24.49, 182.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% -0.0715 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.072 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9575, 11.5091, 12.8662)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A60 #6A232D

analogous

#236A3C #236A60 #23516A

triadic

#236A60 #60236A #6A6023

tetradic

#236A60 #3C236A #6A232D #516A23

square

#236A60 #3C236A #6A232D #516A23

split-complementary

#236A60 #6A2351 #6A3C23

monochromatic

#081715 #143C36 #236A60 #32988A #46C2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#236A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#236A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A60

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A60	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.072 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68958d',
    500: '#236a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a60;
$custom-light: #68958d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.549,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47749,
    "c": 0.07158,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A60

secondary

#9D4B57

accent

#4E62DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A60

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

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