#236E6D#236E6D

#236E6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.072 H 193.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E6D
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 109)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, -22.61, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 23.44, 195.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% -0.0697 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.072 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0281, 12.6123, 16.4236)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E6D #6E2324

analogous

#236E47 #236E6D #23496E

triadic

#236E6D #6D236E #6E6D23

tetradic

#236E6D #47236E #6E2324 #496E23

square

#236E6D #47236E #6E2324 #496E23

split-complementary

#236E6D #6E2349 #6E4723

monochromatic

#071717 #14403F #236E6D #329C9B #47C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#236E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#236E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E6D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E6D	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67686D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B606E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.072 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699896',
    500: '#236e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e6d;
$custom-light: #699896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49304,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E6D

secondary

#A14C4D

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E6D

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

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