#236B63#236B63

#236B63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.071 H 184.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B63
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 99)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 7.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, -24.10, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 24.19, 184.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% -0.0712 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.071 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2019, 11.7727, 13.6421)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B63 #6B232B

analogous

#236B3F #236B63 #234F6B

triadic

#236B63 #63236B #6B6323

tetradic

#236B63 #3F236B #6B232B #4F6B23

square

#236B63 #3F236B #6B232B #4F6B23

split-complementary

#236B63 #6B234F #6B3F23

monochromatic

#081715 #143D38 #236B63 #32998E #46C2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#236B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#236B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B63

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B63	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5D64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.071 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68968f',
    500: '#236b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b63;
$custom-light: #68968f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48126,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B63

secondary

#9E4B55

accent

#4E5DDA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B63

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

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