#268B5E#268B5E

#268B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.115 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B5E
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, -39.67, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 42.77, 158.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.1079 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.115 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0511, 19.6841, 13.7518)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B5E #8B2653

analogous

#268B2B #268B5E #26868B

triadic

#268B5E #5E268B #8B5E26

tetradic

#268B5E #2B268B #8B2653 #868B26

square

#268B5E #2B268B #8B2653 #868B26

split-complementary

#268B5E #8B2686 #8B2B26

monochromatic

#0C2B1D #195B3D #268B5E #33BB7F #5AD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#268B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#268B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B5E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B5E	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.115 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae8c',
    500: '#268b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b5e;
$custom-light: #6fae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.267,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56797,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B5E

secondary

#B75681

accent

#478CE0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B5E

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

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