#236B60#236B60

#236B60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.073 H 181.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B60
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 96)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, -24.98, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 24.99, 180.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% -0.0727 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.073 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0612, 11.7164, 12.9007)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B60 #6B232E

analogous

#236B3C #236B60 #23526B

triadic

#236B60 #60236B #6B6023

tetradic

#236B60 #3C236B #6B232E #526B23

square

#236B60 #3C236B #6B232E #526B23

split-complementary

#236B60 #6B2352 #6B3C23

monochromatic

#081715 #143D37 #236B60 #329989 #46C2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#236B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#236B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B60

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B60	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5D61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.073 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68968d',
    500: '#236b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b60;
$custom-light: #68968d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48022,
    "c": 0.07271,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B60

secondary

#9E4B58

accent

#4E63DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B60

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

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