#268B86#268B86

#268B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B86
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -29.15, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 29.68, 190.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0882 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.09 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3330, 20.5968, 25.7698)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B86 #8B262B

analogous

#268B54 #268B86 #265D8B

triadic

#268B86 #86268B #8B8626

tetradic

#268B86 #54268B #8B262B #5D8B26

square

#268B86 #54268B #8B262B #5D8B26

split-complementary

#268B86 #8B265D #8B5426

monochromatic

#0C2B29 #195B58 #268B86 #33BBB4 #5AD2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#268B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#268B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B86

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B86	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada9',
    500: '#268b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b86;
$custom-light: #71ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.03,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57977,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B86

secondary

#B7565B

accent

#474FE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B86

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

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