#268B7D#268B7D

#268B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B7D
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -31.77, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 31.78, 181.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0925 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.093 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7318, 20.3564, 22.6035)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B7D #8B2634

analogous

#268B4B #268B7D #26678B

triadic

#268B7D #7D268B #8B7D26

tetradic

#268B7D #4B268B #8B2634 #678B26

square

#268B7D #4B268B #8B2634 #678B26

split-complementary

#268B7D #8B2667 #8B4B26

monochromatic

#0C2B27 #195B52 #268B7D #33BBA8 #5AD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#268B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#268B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B7D

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B7D	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)

#85837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada2',
    500: '#268b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b7d;
$custom-light: #70ada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.683,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5767,
    "c": 0.09252,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B7D

secondary

#B75664

accent

#475DE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B7D

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

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