#268B7C#268B7C

#268B7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B7C
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 124)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -32.05, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 32.05, 180.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.093 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.093 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6683, 20.3309, 22.2688)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B7C #8B2635

analogous

#268B4A #268B7C #26688B

triadic

#268B7C #7C268B #8B7C26

tetradic

#268B7C #4A268B #8B2635 #688B26

square

#268B7C #4A268B #8B2635 #688B26

split-complementary

#268B7C #8B2668 #8B4A26

monochromatic

#0C2B26 #195B51 #268B7C #33BBA7 #5AD2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#268B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#268B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B7C

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B7C	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada1',
    500: '#268b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b7c;
$custom-light: #70ada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.089,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57637,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B7C

secondary

#B75665

accent

#475EE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B7C

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

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