#236E60#236E60

#236E60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.076 H 178.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E60
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, -26.48, 1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 26.50, 177.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% -0.0762 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.076 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3794, 12.3528, 13.0068)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E60 #6E2331

analogous

#236E3A #236E60 #23566E

triadic

#236E60 #60236E #6E6023

tetradic

#236E60 #3A236E #6E2331 #566E23

square

#236E60 #3A236E #6E2331 #566E23

split-complementary

#236E60 #6E2356 #6E3A23

monochromatic

#071714 #144037 #236E60 #329C89 #47C4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#236E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#236E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E60

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E60	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.076 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68988d',
    500: '#236e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e60;
$custom-light: #68988d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48844,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E60

secondary

#A14C5C

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E60

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

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