#236E6B#236E6B

#236E6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.072 H 191.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E6B
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 107)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, -23.23, -5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 23.77, 192.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% -0.0707 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.072 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9217, 12.5697, 15.8631)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E6B #6E2326

analogous

#236E45 #236E6B #234B6E

triadic

#236E6B #6B236E #6E6B23

tetradic

#236E6B #45236E #6E2326 #4B6E23

square

#236E6B #45236E #6E2326 #4B6E23

split-complementary

#236E6B #6E234B #6E4523

monochromatic

#071717 #14403E #236E6B #329C98 #47C4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#236E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#236E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E6B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E6B	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)

#67686B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.072 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699895',
    500: '#236e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e6b;
$custom-light: #699895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49229,
    "c": 0.07208,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E6B

secondary

#A14C4F

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E6B

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

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