#236E5A#236E5A

#236E5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.080 H 171.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E5A
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 90)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 18.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, -28.14, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 28.50, 170.94°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% -0.0792 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.08 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1136, 12.2465, 11.6071)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E5A #6E2337

analogous

#236E34 #236E5A #235C6E

triadic

#236E5A #5A236E #6E5A23

tetradic

#236E5A #34236E #6E2337 #5C6E23

square

#236E5A #34236E #6E2337 #5C6E23

split-complementary

#236E5A #6E235C #6E3423

monochromatic

#071713 #144034 #236E5A #329C80 #47C4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#236E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#236E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E5A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E5A	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.080 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689888',
    500: '#236e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e5a;
$custom-light: #689888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48654,
    "c": 0.08006,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E5A

secondary

#A14C62

accent

#4D73DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E5A

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

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