#268A8F#268A8F

#268A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.088 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A8F
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -25.90, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 28.08, 202.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0829 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.088 200)
XYZ	xyz(14.8435, 20.5704, 29.1695)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A8F #8F2B26

analogous

#268F5F #268A8F #26558F

triadic

#268A8F #8F268A #8A8F26

tetradic

#268A8F #5F268F #8F2B26 #558F26

square

#268A8F #5F268F #8F2B26 #558F26

split-complementary

#268A8F #8F2655 #8F5F26

monochromatic

#0C2D2E #195B5F #268A8F #33B9BF #5CCED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#268A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#268A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A8F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A8F	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.088 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acaf',
    500: '#268a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a8f;
$custom-light: #72acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58049,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.20572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A8F

secondary

#B95D58

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A8F

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

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