#268A9A#268A9A

#268A9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A9A
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -22.37, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 27.89, 216.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0781 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.091 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7180, 20.9202, 33.7752)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A9A #9A3626

analogous

#269A70 #268A9A #26509A

triadic

#268A9A #9A268A #8A9A26

tetradic

#268A9A #70269A #9A3626 #509A26

square

#268A9A #70269A #9A3626 #509A26

split-complementary

#268A9A #9A2650 #9A7026

monochromatic

#0E3238 #1A5E69 #268A9A #32B6CB #62C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#268A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#268A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A9A

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A9A	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D799A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acb7',
    500: '#268a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a9a;
$custom-light: #73acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58489,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A9A

secondary

#BE6B5E

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A9A

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

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