#268B6D#268B6D

#268B6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.102 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B6D
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 109)
HSL	hsl(162, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, -36.08, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 36.93, 167.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.1004 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.102 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7908, 19.9800, 17.6474)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B6D #8B2644

analogous

#268B3A #268B6D #26778B

triadic

#268B6D #6D268B #8B6D26

tetradic

#268B6D #3A268B #8B2644 #778B26

square

#268B6D #3A268B #8B2644 #778B26

split-complementary

#268B6D #8B2677 #8B3A26

monochromatic

#0C2B22 #195B47 #268B6D #33BB93 #5AD2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#268B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#268B6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B6D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B6D	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.102 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad96',
    500: '#268b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b6d;
$custom-light: #6fad96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.178,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57184,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B6D

secondary

#B75673

accent

#4775E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B6D

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

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