#268496#268496

#268496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.088 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268496
RGB	rgb(38, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, -20.53, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 26.94, 220.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.0736 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.088 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5533, 19.1149, 31.7708)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268496 #963826

analogous

#269670 #268496 #264C96

triadic

#268496 #962684 #849626

tetradic

#268496 #702696 #963826 #4C9626

square

#268496 #702696 #963826 #4C9626

split-complementary

#268496 #96264C #967026

monochromatic

#0D2E34 #1A5965 #268496 #32AFC7 #60C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#268496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#268496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268496

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268496	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#777F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.088 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8b4',
    500: '#268496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268496;
$custom-light: #72a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.643,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56795,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268496

secondary

#BC6B5C

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268496

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

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