#268B80#268B80

#268B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.091 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B80
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -30.91, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 31.00, 184.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.091 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.091 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9264, 20.4342, 23.6281)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B80 #8B2631

analogous

#268B4D #268B80 #26648B

triadic

#268B80 #80268B #8B8026

tetradic

#268B80 #4D268B #8B2631 #648B26

square

#268B80 #4D268B #8B2631 #648B26

split-complementary

#268B80 #8B2664 #8B4D26

monochromatic

#0C2B27 #195B54 #268B80 #33BBAC #5AD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#268B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#268B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B80

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B80	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.091 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada4',
    500: '#268b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b80;
$custom-light: #71ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.465,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57769,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B80

secondary

#B75661

accent

#4758E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B80

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

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