#236E57#236E57

#236E57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.082 H 168.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E57
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(162, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 20.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, -28.94, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 29.59, 167.94°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% -0.0808 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.082 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9885, 12.1964, 10.9481)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E57 #6E233A

analogous

#236E31 #236E57 #235F6E

triadic

#236E57 #57236E #6E5723

tetradic

#236E57 #31236E #6E233A #5F6E23

square

#236E57 #31236E #6E233A #5F6E23

split-complementary

#236E57 #6E235F #6E3123

monochromatic

#071712 #144032 #236E57 #329C7C #47C49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#236E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#236E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E57

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E57	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)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.082 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689886',
    500: '#236e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e57;
$custom-light: #689886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48564,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E57

secondary

#A14C66

accent

#4D78DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E57

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

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