#236A6E#236A6E

#236A6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.069 H 200.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A6E
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 110)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, -20.18, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 21.98, 203.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% -0.0647 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.069 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6604, 11.7902, 16.5681)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A6E #6E2723

analogous

#236E4C #236A6E #23446E

triadic

#236A6E #6E236A #6A6E23

tetradic

#236A6E #4C236E #6E2723 #446E23

square

#236A6E #4C236E #6E2723 #446E23

split-complementary

#236A6E #6E2344 #6E4C23

monochromatic

#071617 #143D40 #236A6E #32979C #47BEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#236A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#236A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A6E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A6E	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.069 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699597',
    500: '#236a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a6e;
$custom-light: #699597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48269,
    "c": 0.06904,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A6E

secondary

#A1504C

accent

#544DDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A6E

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

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