#268A85#268A85

#268A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.089 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A85
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -28.96, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 29.48, 190.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0876 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.089 190)
XYZ	xyz(14.1195, 20.2808, 25.3562)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A85 #8A262B

analogous

#268A53 #268A85 #265D8A

triadic

#268A85 #85268A #8A8526

tetradic

#268A85 #53268A #8A262B #5D8A26

square

#268A85 #53268A #8A262B #5D8A26

split-complementary

#268A85 #8A265D #8A5326

monochromatic

#0C2A29 #195A57 #268A85 #33BAB3 #59D1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#268A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#268A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A85

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A85	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.089 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca8',
    500: '#268a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a85;
$custom-light: #71aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5768,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.20282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A85

secondary

#B6565B

accent

#484FE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A85

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

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