#268B5B#268B5B

#268B5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.118 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B5B
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 91)
HSL	hsl(151, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, -40.33, 17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 44.00, 156.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% -0.1094 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.118 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9191, 19.6313, 13.0566)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B5B #8B2656

analogous

#268B29 #268B5B #26898B

triadic

#268B5B #5B268B #8B5B26

tetradic

#268B5B #29268B #8B2656 #898B26

square

#268B5B #29268B #8B2656 #898B26

split-complementary

#268B5B #8B2689 #8B2926

monochromatic

#0C2B1C #195B3C #268B5B #33BB7A #5AD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#268B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#268B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B5B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B5B	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.118 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae89',
    500: '#268b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b5b;
$custom-light: #6fae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.485,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56727,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B5B

secondary

#B75684

accent

#4790E0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B5B

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

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