#236B57#236B57

#236B57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.078 H 171.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B57
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 87)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 18.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, -27.50, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 27.90, 170.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% -0.0773 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.078 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6703, 11.5600, 10.8421)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B57 #6B2337

analogous

#236B33 #236B57 #235B6B

triadic

#236B57 #57236B #6B5723

tetradic

#236B57 #33236B #6B2337 #5B6B23

square

#236B57 #33236B #6B2337 #5B6B23

split-complementary

#236B57 #6B235B #6B3323

monochromatic

#081713 #143D32 #236B57 #32997C #46C2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#236B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#236B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B57

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B57	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.078 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679686',
    500: '#236b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b57;
$custom-light: #679686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47732,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B57

secondary

#9E4B62

accent

#4E75DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B57

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

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