#236B5A#236B5A

#236B5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.076 H 174.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B5A
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 90)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 15.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, -26.68, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 26.85, 173.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% -0.0758 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.076 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7954, 11.6101, 11.5010)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B5A #6B2334

analogous

#236B36 #236B5A #23586B

triadic

#236B5A #5A236B #6B5A23

tetradic

#236B5A #36236B #6B2334 #586B23

square

#236B5A #36236B #6B2334 #586B23

split-complementary

#236B5A #6B2358 #6B3623

monochromatic

#081713 #143D33 #236B5A #329981 #46C2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#236B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#236B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B5A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B5A	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.076 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689688',
    500: '#236b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b5a;
$custom-light: #689688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47825,
    "c": 0.07614,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B5A

secondary

#9E4B5F

accent

#4E6FDA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B5A

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

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