#236E5E#236E5E

#236E5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.077 H 175.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E5E
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 94)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 14.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.71, -27.04, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.71, 27.14, 175.28°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% -0.0772 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.077 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2885, 12.3164, 12.5280)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E5E #6E2333

analogous

#236E38 #236E5E #23586E

triadic

#236E5E #5E236E #6E5E23

tetradic

#236E5E #38236E #6E2333 #586E23

square

#236E5E #38236E #6E2333 #586E23

split-complementary

#236E5E #6E2358 #6E3823

monochromatic

#071714 #144036 #236E5E #329C86 #47C4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#236E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#236E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E5E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E5E	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.077 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68988b',
    500: '#236e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e5e;
$custom-light: #68988b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48779,
    "c": 0.07739,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E5E

secondary

#A14C5E

accent

#4D6BDB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E5E

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

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