#236B5B#236B5B

#236B5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.075 H 175.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B5B
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 91)
HSL	hsl(167, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 15%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, -26.41, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 26.52, 174.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% -0.0752 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.075 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8382, 11.6272, 11.7267)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B5B #6B2333

analogous

#236B37 #236B5B #23576B

triadic

#236B5B #5B236B #6B5B23

tetradic

#236B5B #37236B #6B2333 #576B23

square

#236B5B #37236B #6B2333 #576B23

split-complementary

#236B5B #6B2357 #6B3723

monochromatic

#081714 #143D34 #236B5B #329982 #46C2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#236B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#236B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B5B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B5B	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.075 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689689',
    500: '#236b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b5b;
$custom-light: #689689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47857,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B5B

secondary

#9E4B5E

accent

#4E6DDA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B5B

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

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