#236B59#236B59

#236B59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.077 H 173.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B59
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, -26.96, 3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 27.20, 172.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% -0.0763 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.077 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7531, 11.5932, 11.2784)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B59 #6B2335

analogous

#236B35 #236B59 #23596B

triadic

#236B59 #59236B #6B5923

tetradic

#236B59 #35236B #6B2335 #596B23

square

#236B59 #35236B #6B2335 #596B23

split-complementary

#236B59 #6B2359 #6B3523

monochromatic

#081713 #143D33 #236B59 #32997F #46C2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#236B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#236B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B59

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B59	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.077 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#679687',
    500: '#236b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b59;
$custom-light: #679687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47794,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B59

secondary

#9E4B60

accent

#4E71DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B59

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

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