#268B83#268B83

#268B83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B83
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 131)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, -30.03, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 30.30, 187.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0896 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.09 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1268, 20.5143, 24.6835)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B83 #8B262E

analogous

#268B51 #268B83 #26608B

triadic

#268B83 #83268B #8B8326

tetradic

#268B83 #51268B #8B262E #608B26

square

#268B83 #51268B #8B262E #608B26

split-complementary

#268B83 #8B2660 #8B5126

monochromatic

#0C2B28 #195B56 #268B83 #33BBB0 #5AD2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#268B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#268B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B83

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B83	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)

#838383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada7',
    500: '#268b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b83;
$custom-light: #71ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.248,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57872,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B83

secondary

#B7565E

accent

#4754E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B83

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

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