#236B68#236B68

#236B68 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.070 H 191.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B68
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, -22.59, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 23.11, 192.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% -0.0687 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.07 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4484, 11.8713, 14.9402)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B68 #6B2326

analogous

#236B44 #236B68 #234A6B

triadic

#236B68 #68236B #6B6823

tetradic

#236B68 #44236B #6B2326 #4A6B23

square

#236B68 #44236B #6B2326 #4A6B23

split-complementary

#236B68 #6B234A #6B4423

monochromatic

#081716 #143D3B #236B68 #329995 #46C2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#236B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#236B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B68

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B68	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.070 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699593',
    500: '#236b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b68;
$custom-light: #699593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48307,
    "c": 0.07004,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B68

secondary

#9E4B4F

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B68

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

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