#268A87#268A87

#268A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.089 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A87
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, -28.36, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 29.12, 193.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0866 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.089 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.2590, 20.3366, 26.0908)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A87 #8A2629

analogous

#268A55 #268A87 #265B8A

triadic

#268A87 #87268A #8A8726

tetradic

#268A87 #55268A #8A2629 #5B8A26

square

#268A87 #55268A #8A2629 #5B8A26

split-complementary

#268A87 #8A265B #8A5526

monochromatic

#0C2A29 #195A58 #268A87 #33BAB6 #59D1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#268A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#268A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A87

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A87	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.089 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca9',
    500: '#268a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a87;
$custom-light: #71aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57751,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A87

secondary

#B65659

accent

#484CE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A87

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

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