#236B6B#236B6B

#236B6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.070 H 195.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B6B
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 107)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, -21.66, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 22.63, 196.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.42% -0.0673 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(48.42% 0.07 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6035, 11.9333, 15.7570)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B6B #6B2323

analogous

#236B47 #236B6B #23476B

triadic

#236B6B #6B236B #6B6B23

tetradic

#236B6B #47236B #6B2323 #476B23

square

#236B6B #47236B #6B2323 #476B23

split-complementary

#236B6B #6B2347 #6B4723

monochromatic

#081717 #143D3D #236B6B #329999 #46C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#236B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#236B6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B6B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B6B	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64666B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.070 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699595',
    500: '#236b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b6b;
$custom-light: #699595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48421,
    "c": 0.06967,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B6B

secondary

#9E4B4B

accent

#4E4EDA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B6B

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

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