#268A7E#268A7E

#268A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.091 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A7E
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -31.01, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 31.06, 183.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.0909 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.091 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6519, 20.0938, 22.8936)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A7E #8A2632

analogous

#268A4C #268A7E #26648A

triadic

#268A7E #7E268A #8A7E26

tetradic

#268A7E #4C268A #8A2632 #648A26

square

#268A7E #4C268A #8A2632 #648A26

split-complementary

#268A7E #8A2664 #8A4C26

monochromatic

#0C2A26 #195A52 #268A7E #33BAAA #59D1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#268A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#268A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A7E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A7E	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.091 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca3',
    500: '#268a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a7e;
$custom-light: #70aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57439,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A7E

secondary

#B65661

accent

#485AE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A7E

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

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