#236B50#236B50

#236B50 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.084 H 164.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B50
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 80)
HSL	hsl(158, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 25.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, -29.32, 8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 30.58, 163.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% -0.0809 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.084 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3980, 11.4511, 9.4083)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B50 #6B233E

analogous

#236B2C #236B50 #23626B

triadic

#236B50 #50236B #6B5023

tetradic

#236B50 #2C236B #6B233E #626B23

square

#236B50 #2C236B #6B233E #626B23

split-complementary

#236B50 #6B2362 #6B2C23

monochromatic

#081711 #143D2E #236B50 #329972 #46C294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#236B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#236B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B50

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B50	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.084 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679681',
    500: '#236b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b50;
$custom-light: #679681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47527,
    "c": 0.08395,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B50

secondary

#9E4B6B

accent

#4E82DA

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2EE

border

#C6CCC9

text

#060D0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B50

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

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