#236A69#236A69

#236A69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.069 H 193.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A69
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 105)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 0.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, -21.76, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 22.55, 195.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% -0.0671 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.069 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3958, 11.6844, 15.1747)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A69 #6A2324

analogous

#236A45 #236A69 #23476A

triadic

#236A69 #69236A #6A6923

tetradic

#236A69 #45236A #6A2324 #476A23

square

#236A69 #45236A #6A2324 #476A23

split-complementary

#236A69 #6A2347 #6A4523

monochromatic

#081717 #143C3B #236A69 #329897 #46C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#236A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#236A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A69

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A69	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.069 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689593',
    500: '#236a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a69;
$custom-light: #689593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48074,
    "c": 0.06907,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A69

secondary

#9D4B4D

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A69

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

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