#268B87#268B87

#268B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B87
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, -28.85, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 29.49, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0877 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.089 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4031, 20.6249, 26.1389)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B87 #8B262A

analogous

#268B55 #268B87 #265C8B

triadic

#268B87 #87268B #8B8726

tetradic

#268B87 #55268B #8B262A #5C8B26

square

#268B87 #55268B #8B262A #5C8B26

split-complementary

#268B87 #8B265C #8B5526

monochromatic

#0C2B2A #195B58 #268B87 #33BBB6 #5AD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#268B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#268B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B87

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B87	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada9',
    500: '#268b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b87;
$custom-light: #71ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.624,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58012,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B87

secondary

#B7565A

accent

#474EE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B87

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

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