#236B5E#236B5E

#236B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.074 H 178.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B5E
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 94)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, -25.56, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 25.57, 178.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% -0.0737 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.074 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9703, 11.6800, 12.4219)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B5E #6B2330

analogous

#236B3A #236B5E #23546B

triadic

#236B5E #5E236B #6B5E23

tetradic

#236B5E #3A236B #6B2330 #546B23

square

#236B5E #3A236B #6B2330 #546B23

split-complementary

#236B5E #6B2354 #6B3A23

monochromatic

#081714 #143D35 #236B5E #329987 #46C2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#236B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#236B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B5E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B5E	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.074 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68968b',
    500: '#236b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b5e;
$custom-light: #68968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47955,
    "c": 0.07373,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B5E

secondary

#9E4B5A

accent

#4E67DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B5E

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

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