#236E56#236E56

#236E56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.083 H 168.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E56
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, -29.20, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 29.97, 166.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% -0.0813 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.083 168)
XYZ	xyz(7.9479, 12.1802, 10.7344)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E56 #6E233B

analogous

#236E30 #236E56 #23606E

triadic

#236E56 #56236E #6E5623

tetradic

#236E56 #30236E #6E233B #606E23

square

#236E56 #30236E #6E233B #606E23

split-complementary

#236E56 #6E2360 #6E3023

monochromatic

#071712 #144032 #236E56 #329C7A #47C49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#236E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#236E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E56

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E56	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.083 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689885',
    500: '#236e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e56;
$custom-light: #689885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48534,
    "c": 0.08312,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.12181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E56

secondary

#A14C67

accent

#4D7ADB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E56

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

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