#236B6E#236B6E

#236B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.070 H 199.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B6E
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 110)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, -20.72, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 22.28, 201.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% -0.0658 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.07 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7641, 11.9975, 16.6027)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B6E #6E2623

analogous

#236E4B #236B6E #23456E

triadic

#236B6E #6E236B #6B6E23

tetradic

#236B6E #4B236E #6E2623 #456E23

square

#236B6E #4B236E #6E2623 #456E23

split-complementary

#236B6E #6E2345 #6E4B23

monochromatic

#071717 #143E40 #236B6E #32989C #47BFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#236B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#236B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B6E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B6E	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.070 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699597',
    500: '#236b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b6e;
$custom-light: #699597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48537,
    "c": 0.06965,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B6E

secondary

#A14F4C

accent

#524DDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B6E

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

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