#236F6C#236F6C

#236F6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.073 H 191.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F6C
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 108)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, -23.44, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 23.99, 192.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.0713 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.073 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0831, 12.8079, 16.1779)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F6C #6F2326

analogous

#236F46 #236F6C #234C6F

triadic

#236F6C #6C236F #6F6C23

tetradic

#236F6C #46236F #6F2326 #4C6F23

square

#236F6C #46236F #6F2326 #4C6F23

split-complementary

#236F6C #6F234C #6F4623

monochromatic

#071717 #14403F #236F6C #329E99 #47C5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#236F6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#236F6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F6C

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F6C	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D616D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.073 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#699896',
    500: '#236f6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f6c;
$custom-light: #699896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.632,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49536,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F6C

secondary

#A24C4F

accent

#4C52DB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F1

border

#C7CCCB

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F6C

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

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