#268495#268495

#268495 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.088 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268495
RGB	rgb(38, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -20.86, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 26.86, 219.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.074 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.088 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4731, 19.0828, 31.3485)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268495 #953726

analogous

#26956F #268495 #264D95

triadic

#268495 #952684 #849526

tetradic

#268495 #6F2695 #953726 #4D9526

square

#268495 #6F2695 #953726 #4D9526

split-complementary

#268495 #95264D #956F26

monochromatic

#0D2E33 #1A5964 #268495 #32AFC6 #5FC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#268495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#268495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268495

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268495	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.088 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8b4',
    500: '#268495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268495;
$custom-light: #72a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.189,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56752,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268495

secondary

#BB6A5B

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268495

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

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