#236D5F#236D5F

#236D5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.076 H 177.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236D5F
RGB	rgb(35, 109, 95)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, -26.27, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 26.30, 177.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% -0.0755 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.076 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2263, 12.1199, 12.7301)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236D5F #6D2331

analogous

#236D3A #236D5F #23566D

triadic

#236D5F #5F236D #6D5F23

tetradic

#236D5F #3A236D #6D2331 #566D23

square

#236D5F #3A236D #6D2331 #566D23

split-complementary

#236D5F #6D2356 #6D3A23

monochromatic

#071714 #143F37 #236D5F #329B87 #47C4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#236D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#236D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236D5F

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236D5F	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 109, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.076 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68978c',
    500: '#236d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236d5f;
$custom-light: #68978c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48537,
    "c": 0.07558,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236D5F

secondary

#A04B5C

accent

#4D68DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236D5F

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

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