#236B5C#236B5C

#236B5C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.075 H 176.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B5C
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 92)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 14%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, -26.12, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 26.19, 175.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% -0.0747 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.075 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8817, 11.6446, 11.9554)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B5C #6B2332

analogous

#236B38 #236B5C #23566B

triadic

#236B5C #5C236B #6B5C23

tetradic

#236B5C #38236B #6B2332 #566B23

square

#236B5C #38236B #6B2332 #566B23

split-complementary

#236B5C #6B2356 #6B3823

monochromatic

#081714 #143D34 #236B5C #329984 #46C2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#236B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#236B5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B5C

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B5C	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)

#67645B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.075 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68968a',
    500: '#236b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b5c;
$custom-light: #68968a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47889,
    "c": 0.07487,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B5C

secondary

#9E4B5D

accent

#4E6BDA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B5C

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

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