#236E6E#236E6E

#236E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.072 H 195.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236E6E
RGB	rgb(35, 110, 110)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, -22.30, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 23.29, 196.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% -0.0693 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.072 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0823, 12.6340, 16.7088)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236E6E #6E2323

analogous

#236E48 #236E6E #23486E

triadic

#236E6E #6E236E #6E6E23

tetradic

#236E6E #48236E #6E2323 #486E23

square

#236E6E #48236E #6E2323 #486E23

split-complementary

#236E6E #6E2348 #6E4823

monochromatic

#071717 #144040 #236E6E #329C9C #47C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#236E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#236E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236E6E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236E6E	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B606F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 110, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.072 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9897',
    500: '#236e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236e6e;
$custom-light: #6a9897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49342,
    "c": 0.07172,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236E6E

secondary

#A14C4C

accent

#4D4DDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236E6E

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

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