#236E5B#236E5B

#236E5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.079 H 172.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E5B
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 91)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 17.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, -27.87, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 28.15, 171.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% -0.0787 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.079 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1565, 12.2636, 11.8328)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E5B #6E2336

analogous

#236E35 #236E5B #235B6E

triadic

#236E5B #5B236E #6E5B23

tetradic

#236E5B #35236E #6E2336 #5B6E23

square

#236E5B #35236E #6E2336 #5B6E23

split-complementary

#236E5B #6E235B #6E3523

monochromatic

#071713 #144035 #236E5B #329C81 #47C4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#236E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#236E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E5B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E5B	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.079 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689889',
    500: '#236e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e5b;
$custom-light: #689889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48685,
    "c": 0.07936,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E5B

secondary

#A14C61

accent

#4D71DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E5B

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

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