#236D56#236D56

#236D56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.082 H 168.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D56
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 86)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 21.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, -28.73, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 29.40, 167.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% -0.0802 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.082 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8406, 11.9656, 10.6987)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D56 #6D233A

analogous

#236D31 #236D56 #235F6D

triadic

#236D56 #56236D #6D5623

tetradic

#236D56 #31236D #6D233A #5F6D23

square

#236D56 #31236D #6D233A #5F6D23

split-complementary

#236D56 #6D235F #6D3123

monochromatic

#071712 #143F31 #236D56 #329B7B #47C49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#236D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#236D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D56

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D56	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.082 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689785',
    500: '#236d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d56;
$custom-light: #689785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.351,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48257,
    "c": 0.08175,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D56

secondary

#A04B66

accent

#4D79DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D56

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

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