#268A8A#268A8A

#268A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.088 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A8A
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, -27.45, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 28.65, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% -0.0852 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.088 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.4732, 20.4223, 27.2189)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A8A #8A2626

analogous

#268A58 #268A8A #26588A

triadic

#268A8A #8A268A #8A8A26

tetradic

#268A8A #58268A #8A2626 #588A26

square

#268A8A #58268A #8A2626 #588A26

split-complementary

#268A8A #8A2658 #8A5826

monochromatic

#0C2A2A #195A5A #268A8A #33BABA #59D1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#268A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#268A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A8A

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A8A	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)

#81838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.088 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acac',
    500: '#268a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a8a;
$custom-light: #71acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57861,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.20424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A8A

secondary

#B65656

accent

#4848E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A8A

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

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