#236E54#236E54

#236E54 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.085 H 166.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E54
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 84)
HSL	hsl(159, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 23.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, -29.72, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 30.74, 165.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% -0.0824 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.085 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8685, 12.1484, 10.3160)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E54 #6E233D

analogous

#236E2E #236E54 #23626E

triadic

#236E54 #54236E #6E5423

tetradic

#236E54 #2E236E #6E233D #626E23

square

#236E54 #2E236E #6E233D #626E23

split-complementary

#236E54 #6E2362 #6E2E23

monochromatic

#071712 #144031 #236E54 #329C77 #47C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#236E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#236E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E54

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E54	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.085 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689884',
    500: '#236e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e54;
$custom-light: #689884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48477,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E54

secondary

#A14C69

accent

#4D7EDB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E54

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

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