#236A6F#236A6F

#236A6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.069 H 201.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236A6F
RGB	rgb(35, 106, 111)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, -19.86, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 21.91, 205.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% -0.0642 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.069 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7152, 11.8121, 16.8565)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236A6F #6F2823

analogous

#236F4E #236A6F #23446F

triadic

#236A6F #6F236A #6A6F23

tetradic

#236A6F #4E236F #6F2823 #446F23

square

#236A6F #4E236F #6F2823 #446F23

split-complementary

#236A6F #6F2344 #6F4E23

monochromatic

#071617 #143E40 #236A6F #32969E #47BDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#236A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#236A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236A6F

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236A6F	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)

#62656F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 106, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.069 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699598',
    500: '#236a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236a6f;
$custom-light: #699598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48309,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236A6F

secondary

#A2514C

accent

#564CDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236A6F

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

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