#268B6B#268B6B

#268B6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.104 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B6B
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 107)
HSL	hsl(161, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 23%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -36.58, 8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 37.66, 166.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% -0.1014 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.104 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6844, 19.9374, 17.0869)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B6B #8B2646

analogous

#268B39 #268B6B #26798B

triadic

#268B6B #6B268B #8B6B26

tetradic

#268B6B #39268B #8B2646 #798B26

square

#268B6B #39268B #8B2646 #798B26

split-complementary

#268B6B #8B2679 #8B3926

monochromatic

#0C2B21 #195B46 #268B6B #33BB90 #5AD2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#268B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#268B6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B6B

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B6B	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.104 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad95',
    500: '#268b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b6b;
$custom-light: #6fad95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.99,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57128,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B6B

secondary

#B75675

accent

#4778E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B6B

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

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