#236E6A#236E6A

#236E6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.072 H 190.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E6A
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 106)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, -23.54, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 23.96, 190.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.19% -0.0712 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(49.19% 0.072 190)
XYZ	xyz(8.8694, 12.5488, 15.5876)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E6A #6E2327

analogous

#236E44 #236E6A #234C6E

triadic

#236E6A #6A236E #6E6A23

tetradic

#236E6A #44236E #6E2327 #4C6E23

square

#236E6A #44236E #6E2327 #4C6E23

split-complementary

#236E6A #6E234C #6E4423

monochromatic

#071716 #14403D #236E6A #329C97 #47C4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#236E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#236E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E6A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E6A	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68686A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.072 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699894',
    500: '#236e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e6a;
$custom-light: #699894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.8,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49192,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.1255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E6A

secondary

#A14C50

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E6A

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

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