#236F6E#236F6E

#236F6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.072 H 193.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F6E
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 110)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, -22.82, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 23.66, 195.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% -0.0704 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.072 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1908, 12.8510, 16.7449)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F6E #6F2324

analogous

#236F48 #236F6E #234A6F

triadic

#236F6E #6E236F #6F6E23

tetradic

#236F6E #48236F #6F2324 #4A6F23

square

#236F6E #48236F #6F2324 #4A6F23

split-complementary

#236F6E #6F234A #6F4823

monochromatic

#071717 #144040 #236F6E #329E9C #47C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#236F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#236F6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F6E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F6E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C616F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.072 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9897',
    500: '#236f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f6e;
$custom-light: #6a9897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.211,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49611,
    "c": 0.07248,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F6E

secondary

#A24C4D

accent

#4C4EDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F6E

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

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