#26838B#26838B

#26838B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.084 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26838B
RGB	rgb(38, 131, 139)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, -23.59, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 26.51, 207.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% -0.0774 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.084 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5738, 18.5072, 27.2779)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26838B #8B2E26

analogous

#268B60 #26838B #26518B

triadic

#26838B #8B2683 #838B26

tetradic

#26838B #60268B #8B2E26 #518B26

square

#26838B #60268B #8B2E26 #518B26

split-complementary

#26838B #8B2651 #8B6026

monochromatic

#0C282B #19565B #26838B #33B0BB #5AC8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#26838B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#26838B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #26838B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26838B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26838B	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26838b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 131, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.084 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a7ac',
    500: '#26838b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26838b;
$custom-light: #70a7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26838b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.752,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56085,
    "c": 0.08435,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26838B

secondary

#B75E56

accent

#5447E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #26838B

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

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