#236F6A#236F6A

#236F6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.073 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F6A
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 106)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, -24.05, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 24.38, 189.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% -0.0723 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.073 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9779, 12.7658, 15.6238)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F6A #6F2328

analogous

#236F44 #236F6A #234E6F

triadic

#236F6A #6A236F #6F6A23

tetradic

#236F6A #44236F #6F2328 #4E6F23

square

#236F6A #44236F #6F2328 #4E6F23

split-complementary

#236F6A #6F234E #6F4423

monochromatic

#071716 #14403E #236F6A #329E96 #47C5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#236F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#236F6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F6A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F6A	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69696A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D616B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.073 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699894',
    500: '#236f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f6a;
$custom-light: #699894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.053,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49462,
    "c": 0.07319,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F6A

secondary

#A24C51

accent

#4C56DB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F6A

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

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