#236D5A#236D5A

#236D5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.079 H 172.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D5A
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 90)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 17.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, -27.66, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 27.95, 171.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% -0.0781 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.079 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0063, 12.0319, 11.5713)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D5A #6D2336

analogous

#236D35 #236D5A #235B6D

triadic

#236D5A #5A236D #6D5A23

tetradic

#236D5A #35236D #6D2336 #5B6D23

square

#236D5A #35236D #6D2336 #5B6D23

split-complementary

#236D5A #6D235B #6D3523

monochromatic

#071713 #143F34 #236D5A #329B80 #47C4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#236D5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#236D5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D5A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D5A	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.079 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689788',
    500: '#236d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d5a;
$custom-light: #689788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.595,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48378,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D5A

secondary

#A04B61

accent

#4D71DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D5A

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

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