#236F59#236F59

#236F59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.082 H 170.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F59
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 89)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 19.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, -28.89, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 29.42, 169.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% -0.0809 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.082 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1798, 12.4466, 11.4206)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F59 #6F2339

analogous

#236F33 #236F59 #235F6F

triadic

#236F59 #59236F #6F5923

tetradic

#236F59 #33236F #6F2339 #5F6F23

square

#236F59 #33236F #6F2339 #5F6F23

split-complementary

#236F59 #6F235F #6F3323

monochromatic

#071713 #144034 #236F59 #329E7E #47C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#236F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#236F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F59

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F59	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61605A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.082 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689987',
    500: '#236f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f59;
$custom-light: #689987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.632,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.489,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F59

secondary

#A24C65

accent

#4C76DB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#070E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F59

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

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