#268B6E#268B6E

#268B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.102 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B6E
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, -35.82, 7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 36.57, 168.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.0999 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.102 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8449, 20.0016, 17.9326)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B6E #8B2643

analogous

#268B3B #268B6E #26768B

triadic

#268B6E #6E268B #8B6E26

tetradic

#268B6E #3B268B #8B2643 #768B26

square

#268B6E #3B268B #8B2643 #768B26

split-complementary

#268B6E #8B2676 #8B3B26

monochromatic

#0C2B22 #195B48 #268B6E #33BB94 #5AD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#268B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#268B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B6E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B6E	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)

#87816D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.102 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad97',
    500: '#268b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b6e;
$custom-light: #6fad97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.772,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57212,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B6E

secondary

#B75672

accent

#4773E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B6E

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

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