#268A9C#268A9C

#268A9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A9C
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -21.72, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 28.02, 219.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0772 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.092 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8860, 20.9874, 34.6598)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A9C #9C3826

analogous

#269C73 #268A9C #264F9C

triadic

#268A9C #9C268A #8A9C26

tetradic

#268A9C #73269C #9C3826 #4F9C26

square

#268A9C #73269C #9C3826 #4F9C26

split-complementary

#268A9C #9C264F #9C7326

monochromatic

#0E333A #1A5E6B #268A9C #32B5CD #63C7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#268A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#268A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A9C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A9C	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acb9',
    500: '#268a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a9c;
$custom-light: #73acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58573,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A9C

secondary

#BF6E5F

accent

#5C44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A9C

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

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