#268B78#268B78

#268B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B78
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -33.16, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 33.22, 176.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0949 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.095 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4204, 20.2318, 20.9635)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B78 #8B2639

analogous

#268B46 #268B78 #266C8B

triadic

#268B78 #78268B #8B7826

tetradic

#268B78 #46268B #8B2639 #6C8B26

square

#268B78 #46268B #8B2639 #6C8B26

split-complementary

#268B78 #8B266C #8B4626

monochromatic

#0C2B25 #195B4F #268B78 #33BBA1 #5AD2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#268B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#268B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B78

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B78	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9e',
    500: '#268b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b78;
$custom-light: #70ad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.713,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5751,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B78

secondary

#B75668

accent

#4764E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B78

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

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