#236B66#236B66

#236B66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.070 H 188.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B66
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 102)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, -23.20, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 23.50, 189.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% -0.0697 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.07 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3480, 11.8311, 14.4115)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B66 #6B2328

analogous

#236B42 #236B66 #234C6B

triadic

#236B66 #66236B #6B6623

tetradic

#236B66 #42236B #6B2328 #4C6B23

square

#236B66 #42236B #6B2328 #4C6B23

split-complementary

#236B66 #6B234C #6B4223

monochromatic

#081716 #143D3A #236B66 #329992 #46C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#236B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#236B66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B66

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B66	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5D67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.070 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689591',
    500: '#236b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b66;
$custom-light: #689591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48234,
    "c": 0.07049,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B66

secondary

#9E4B51

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B66

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

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