#236B6F#236B6F

#236B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.070 H 200.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236B6F
RGB	rgb(35, 107, 111)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, -20.40, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 22.20, 203.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% -0.0654 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.07 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8188, 12.0194, 16.8911)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236B6F #6F2723

analogous

#236F4D #236B6F #23456F

triadic

#236B6F #6F236B #6B6F23

tetradic

#236B6F #4D236F #6F2723 #456F23

square

#236B6F #4D236F #6F2723 #456F23

split-complementary

#236B6F #6F2345 #6F4D23

monochromatic

#071617 #143E40 #236B6F #32989E #47BEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#236B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#236B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236B6F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236B6F	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 107, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.070 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699598',
    500: '#236b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236b6f;
$custom-light: #699598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48577,
    "c": 0.06973,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236B6F

secondary

#A2504C

accent

#544CDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236B6F

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

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