#268A89#268A89

#268A89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.088 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A89
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -27.75, -7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 28.79, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0857 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.088 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.4011, 20.3935, 26.8394)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A89 #8A2627

analogous

#268A57 #268A89 #26598A

triadic

#268A89 #89268A #8A8926

tetradic

#268A89 #57268A #8A2627 #598A26

square

#268A89 #57268A #8A2627 #598A26

split-complementary

#268A89 #8A2659 #8A5726

monochromatic

#0C2A2A #195A59 #268A89 #33BAB9 #59D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#268A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#268A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A89

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A89	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.088 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acab',
    500: '#268a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a89;
$custom-light: #71acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.4,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57824,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A89

secondary

#B65657

accent

#4849E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A89

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

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