#268B82#268B82

#268B82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.091 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B82
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 130)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -30.33, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 30.52, 186.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.0901 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.091 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0593, 20.4874, 24.3283)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B82 #8B262F

analogous

#268B4F #268B82 #26628B

triadic

#268B82 #82268B #8B8226

tetradic

#268B82 #4F268B #8B262F #628B26

square

#268B82 #4F268B #8B262F #628B26

split-complementary

#268B82 #8B2662 #8B4F26

monochromatic

#0C2B28 #195B55 #268B82 #33BBAF #5AD2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#268B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#268B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B82

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B82	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.091 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada6',
    500: '#268b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b82;
$custom-light: #71ada6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.653,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57837,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B82

secondary

#B7565F

accent

#4755E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B82

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

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