#268A9D#268A9D

#268A9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268A9D
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -21.39, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 28.10, 220.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0768 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.092 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9710, 21.0214, 35.1076)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268A9D #9D3926

analogous

#269D74 #268A9D #264E9D

triadic

#268A9D #9D268A #8A9D26

tetradic

#268A9D #74269D #9D3926 #4E9D26

square

#268A9D #74269D #9D3926 #4E9D26

split-complementary

#268A9D #9D264E #9D7426

monochromatic

#0E333A #1A5F6C #268A9D #33B5CE #64C7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#268A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#268A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268A9D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268A9D	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	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)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acba',
    500: '#268a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268a9d;
$custom-light: #74acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.58,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58615,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268A9D

secondary

#BF6F60

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268A9D

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

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