#268B7B#268B7B

#268B7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B7B
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -32.33, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 32.33, 179.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0935 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.093 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6054, 20.3058, 21.9374)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B7B #8B2636

analogous

#268B49 #268B7B #26698B

triadic

#268B7B #7B268B #8B7B26

tetradic

#268B7B #49268B #8B2636 #698B26

square

#268B7B #49268B #8B2636 #698B26

split-complementary

#268B7B #8B2669 #8B4926

monochromatic

#0C2B26 #195B50 #268B7B #33BBA6 #5AD2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#268B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#268B7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B7B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B7B	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85827A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada1',
    500: '#268b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b7b;
$custom-light: #70ada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.495,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57605,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B7B

secondary

#B75665

accent

#4760E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B7B

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

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