#236E50#236E50

#236E50 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.088 H 163.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E50
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 27.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, -30.72, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 32.35, 161.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% -0.0844 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.088 163)
XYZ	xyz(7.7163, 12.0875, 9.5143)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E50 #6E2341

analogous

#236E2A #236E50 #23666E

triadic

#236E50 #50236E #6E5023

tetradic

#236E50 #2A236E #6E2341 #666E23

square

#236E50 #2A236E #6E2341 #666E23

split-complementary

#236E50 #6E2366 #6E2A23

monochromatic

#071711 #14402E #236E50 #329C72 #47C492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#236E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#236E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E50

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E50	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)

#6C664E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.088 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689881',
    500: '#236e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e50;
$custom-light: #689881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48366,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.12088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E50

secondary

#A14C6E

accent

#4D86DB

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2EE

border

#C6CCC9

text

#070E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E50

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

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