#268B74#268B74

#268B74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.097 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B74
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 116)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 16.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -34.25, 4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 34.49, 173.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.0969 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.097 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1827, 20.1367, 19.7116)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B74 #8B263D

analogous

#268B42 #268B74 #266F8B

triadic

#268B74 #74268B #8B7426

tetradic

#268B74 #42268B #8B263D #6F8B26

square

#268B74 #42268B #8B263D #6F8B26

split-complementary

#268B74 #8B266F #8B4226

monochromatic

#0C2B24 #195B4C #268B74 #33BB9C #5AD2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#268B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#268B74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B74

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B74	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.097 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9c',
    500: '#268b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b74;
$custom-light: #70ad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.337,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57387,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B74

secondary

#B7566C

accent

#476AE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B74

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

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