#268B79#268B79

#268B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.094 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B79
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -32.89, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 32.92, 177.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0944 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.094 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4814, 20.2562, 21.2848)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B79 #8B2638

analogous

#268B47 #268B79 #266B8B

triadic

#268B79 #79268B #8B7926

tetradic

#268B79 #47268B #8B2638 #6B8B26

square

#268B79 #47268B #8B2638 #6B8B26

split-complementary

#268B79 #8B266B #8B4726

monochromatic

#0C2B25 #195B4F #268B79 #33BBA3 #5AD2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#268B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#268B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B79

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B79	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)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.094 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9f',
    500: '#268b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b79;
$custom-light: #70ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.307,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57541,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B79

secondary

#B75667

accent

#4763E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B79

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

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