#236A6B#236A6B

#236A6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.069 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A6B
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 107)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, -21.14, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 22.28, 198.41°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% -0.0661 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.069 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4998, 11.7260, 15.7225)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A6B #6B2423

analogous

#236B48 #236A6B #23466B

triadic

#236A6B #6B236A #6A6B23

tetradic

#236A6B #48236B #6B2423 #466B23

square

#236A6B #48236B #6B2423 #466B23

split-complementary

#236A6B #6B2346 #6B4823

monochromatic

#081717 #143C3D #236A6B #329899 #46C1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#236A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#236A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A6B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A6B	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63656B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.069 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699595',
    500: '#236a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a6b;
$custom-light: #699595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48151,
    "c": 0.06894,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A6B

secondary

#9E4D4B

accent

#504EDA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A6B

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

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