#268B85#268B85

#268B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B85
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -29.44, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 29.88, 189.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0886 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.09 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2636, 20.5691, 25.4042)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B85 #8B262C

analogous

#268B53 #268B85 #265E8B

triadic

#268B85 #85268B #8B8526

tetradic

#268B85 #53268B #8B262C #5E8B26

square

#268B85 #53268B #8B262C #5E8B26

split-complementary

#268B85 #8B265E #8B5326

monochromatic

#0C2B29 #195B57 #268B85 #33BBB3 #5AD2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#268B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#268B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B85

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B85	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada8',
    500: '#268b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b85;
$custom-light: #71ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.436,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57941,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B85

secondary

#B7565C

accent

#4751E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B85

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

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