#268B72#268B72

#268B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.099 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B72
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -34.78, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 35.16, 171.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.0979 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.099 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0677, 20.0907, 19.1055)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B72 #8B263F

analogous

#268B40 #268B72 #26718B

triadic

#268B72 #72268B #8B7226

tetradic

#268B72 #40268B #8B263F #718B26

square

#268B72 #40268B #8B263F #718B26

split-complementary

#268B72 #8B2671 #8B4026

monochromatic

#0C2B23 #195B4B #268B72 #33BB99 #5AD2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#268B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#268B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B72

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B72	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.099 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9a',
    500: '#268b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b72;
$custom-light: #70ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.149,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B72

secondary

#B7566E

accent

#476DE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B72

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

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