#236D5C#236D5C

#236D5C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.077 H 174.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D5C
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 92)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 15.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, -27.11, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 27.26, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% -0.0771 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.077 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0926, 12.0664, 12.0257)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D5C #6D2334

analogous

#236D37 #236D5C #23596D

triadic

#236D5C #5C236D #6D5C23

tetradic

#236D5C #37236D #6D2334 #596D23

square

#236D5C #37236D #6D2334 #596D23

split-complementary

#236D5C #6D2359 #6D3723

monochromatic

#071714 #143F35 #236D5C #329B83 #47C4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#236D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#236D5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D5C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D5C	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.077 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68978a',
    500: '#236d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d5c;
$custom-light: #68978a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.216,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4844,
    "c": 0.07739,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D5C

secondary

#A04B5F

accent

#4D6EDB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D5C

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

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