#236F5E#236F5E

#236F5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.079 H 175.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F5E
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 94)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 15.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, -27.53, 2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 27.67, 174.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% -0.0783 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.079 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3970, 12.5334, 12.5642)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F5E #6F2334

analogous

#236F38 #236F5E #235A6F

triadic

#236F5E #5E236F #6F5E23

tetradic

#236F5E #38236F #6F2334 #5A6F23

square

#236F5E #38236F #6F2334 #5A6F23

split-complementary

#236F5E #6F235A #6F3823

monochromatic

#071714 #144037 #236F5E #329E85 #47C5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#236F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#236F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F5E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F5E	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60605F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.079 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68998b',
    500: '#236f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f5e;
$custom-light: #68998b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.579,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49054,
    "c": 0.07863,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F5E

secondary

#A24C5F

accent

#4C6CDB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F5E

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

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