#236E63#236E63

#236E63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.075 H 181.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E63
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 10%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, -25.62, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 25.63, 181.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% -0.0747 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.075 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5201, 12.4091, 13.7481)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E63 #6E232E

analogous

#236E3D #236E63 #23536E

triadic

#236E63 #63236E #6E6323

tetradic

#236E63 #3D236E #6E232E #536E23

square

#236E63 #3D236E #6E232E #536E23

split-complementary

#236E63 #6E2353 #6E3D23

monochromatic

#071715 #144039 #236E63 #329C8D #47C4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#236E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#236E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E63

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E63	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.075 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69988f',
    500: '#236e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e63;
$custom-light: #69988f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48945,
    "c": 0.07469,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E63

secondary

#A14C58

accent

#4D62DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E63

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

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