#236A6A#236A6A

#236A6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.069 H 195.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A6A
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 106)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, -21.45, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 22.41, 196.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% -0.0666 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.069 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4475, 11.7051, 15.4470)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A6A #6A2323

analogous

#236A46 #236A6A #23466A

triadic

#236A6A #6A236A #6A6A23

tetradic

#236A6A #46236A #6A2323 #466A23

square

#236A6A #46236A #6A2323 #466A23

split-complementary

#236A6A #6A2346 #6A4623

monochromatic

#081717 #143C3C #236A6A #329898 #46C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#236A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#236A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A6A

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A6A	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)

#63656A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.069 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699594',
    500: '#236a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a6a;
$custom-light: #699594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48113,
    "c": 0.06898,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A6A

secondary

#9D4B4B

accent

#4E4EDA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A6A

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

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