#268B6F#268B6F

#268B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.101 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B6F
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 111)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 20.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, -35.57, 6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 36.21, 169.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0994 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.101 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8997, 20.0235, 18.2209)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B6F #8B2642

analogous

#268B3C #268B6F #26758B

triadic

#268B6F #6F268B #8B6F26

tetradic

#268B6F #3C268B #8B2642 #758B26

square

#268B6F #3C268B #8B2642 #758B26

split-complementary

#268B6F #8B2675 #8B3C26

monochromatic

#0C2B22 #195B49 #268B6F #33BB95 #5AD2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#268B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#268B6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B6F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B6F	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.101 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad98',
    500: '#268b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b6f;
$custom-light: #6fad98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.366,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5724,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B6F

secondary

#B75671

accent

#4772E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B6F

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

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