#236D5E#236D5E

#236D5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.076 H 176.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D5E
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 94)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, -26.55, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 26.61, 176.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% -0.076 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.076 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1812, 12.1019, 12.4922)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D5E #6D2332

analogous

#236D39 #236D5E #23576D

triadic

#236D5E #5E236D #6D5E23

tetradic

#236D5E #39236D #6D2332 #576D23

square

#236D5E #39236D #6D2332 #576D23

split-complementary

#236D5E #6D2357 #6D3923

monochromatic

#071714 #143F36 #236D5E #329B86 #47C4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#236D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#236D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D5E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D5E	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.076 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68978b',
    500: '#236d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d5e;
$custom-light: #68978b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48505,
    "c": 0.07615,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D5E

secondary

#A04B5D

accent

#4D6ADB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D5E

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

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