#236a5f

Color #236a5f

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 12.06 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#236a5f

RGB

rgb(35, 106, 95)

HSL

hsl(170.7, 50.4%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.7, 67%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(67%, 0%, 10.4%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(40.4, -24.77, -0.29)

LCH

lch(40.4, 24.77, 180.67)

OKLCH

oklch(47.7%, 0.072, 180.95)

HWB

hwb(170.7, 13.7%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a232e

Analogous

#236a3b

#236a5f

#23516a

Triadic

#236a5f

#5f236a

#6a5f23

Split-complementary

#236a5f

#6a2351

#6a3b23

Tetradic

#236a5f

#232e6a

#6a232e

#6a5f23

Square

#236a5f

#3b236a

#6a232e

#516a23

Shades

Color #236a5f mixed toward black.

#1d584f

#17473f

#11352f

#0c2320

#061210

Tints

Color #236a5f mixed toward white.

#329888

#46c2af

#74d1c3

#a2e0d7

#d1f0eb

Tones

Color #236a5f mixed toward gray.

#29645b

#2f5e57

#355853

#3b524f

#404c4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c62 · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#484262 · ΔE 30.6

Tritanopia

#2a6464 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #236a5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#236a5f]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#236a5f (#236a5f) is rgb(35, 106, 95) in RGB.

No, #236a5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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