#236B56#236B56

#236B56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.079 H 170.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B56
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 86)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 19.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, -27.77, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 28.27, 169.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% -0.0778 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.079 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6297, 11.5438, 10.6284)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B56 #6B2338

analogous

#236B32 #236B56 #235C6B

triadic

#236B56 #56236B #6B5623

tetradic

#236B56 #32236B #6B2338 #5C6B23

square

#236B56 #32236B #6B2338 #5C6B23

split-complementary

#236B56 #6B235C #6B3223

monochromatic

#081713 #143D31 #236B56 #32997B #46C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#236B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#236B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B56

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B56	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.079 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679685',
    500: '#236b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b56;
$custom-light: #679685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47701,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B56

secondary

#9E4B64

accent

#4E77DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B56

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

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