#268A8D#268A8D

#268A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.088 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A8D
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, -26.52, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 28.28, 200.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0839 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.088 198)
XYZ	xyz(14.6934, 20.5104, 28.3786)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A8D #8D2926

analogous

#268D5D #268A8D #26568D

triadic

#268A8D #8D268A #8A8D26

tetradic

#268A8D #5D268D #8D2926 #568D26

square

#268A8D #5D268D #8D2926 #568D26

split-complementary

#268A8D #8D2656 #8D5D26

monochromatic

#0C2C2D #195B5D #268A8D #33B9BD #5BCFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#268A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#268A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A8D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A8D	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.088 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acae',
    500: '#268a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a8d;
$custom-light: #72acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.748,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57973,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.20512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A8D

secondary

#B85A57

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A8D

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

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