#236E5F#236E5F

#236E5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.077 H 177.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E5F
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 95)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 13.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, -26.76, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 26.82, 176.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% -0.0767 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.077 177)
XYZ	xyz(8.3336, 12.3345, 12.7659)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E5F #6E2332

analogous

#236E39 #236E5F #23576E

triadic

#236E5F #5F236E #6E5F23

tetradic

#236E5F #39236E #6E2332 #576E23

square

#236E5F #39236E #6E2332 #576E23

split-complementary

#236E5F #6E2357 #6E3923

monochromatic

#071714 #144037 #236E5F #329C87 #47C4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#236E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#236E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E5F

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E5F	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.077 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68988c',
    500: '#236e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e5f;
$custom-light: #68988c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48812,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.12335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E5F

secondary

#A14C5D

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E5F

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

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