#236A6C#236A6C

#236A6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.069 H 197.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A6C
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 108)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, -20.82, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 22.16, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% -0.0656 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.069 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5528, 11.7472, 16.0011)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A6C #6C2523

analogous

#236C49 #236A6C #23456C

triadic

#236A6C #6C236A #6A6C23

tetradic

#236A6C #49236C #6C2523 #456C23

square

#236A6C #49236C #6C2523 #456C23

split-complementary

#236A6C #6C2345 #6C4923

monochromatic

#071717 #143D3E #236A6C #32979A #46C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#236A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#236A6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A6C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A6C	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63656C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.069 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699596',
    500: '#236a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a6c;
$custom-light: #699596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.644,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4819,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A6C

secondary

#9F4E4B

accent

#514DDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A6C

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

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