#268B88#268B88

#268B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B88
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -28.55, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 29.32, 193.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0872 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.089 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.4738, 20.6532, 26.5114)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B88 #8B2629

analogous

#268B56 #268B88 #265C8B

triadic

#268B88 #88268B #8B8826

tetradic

#268B88 #56268B #8B2629 #5C8B26

square

#268B88 #56268B #8B2629 #5C8B26

split-complementary

#268B88 #8B265C #8B5626

monochromatic

#0C2B2A #195B59 #268B88 #33BBB7 #5AD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#268B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#268B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B88

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B88	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	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)

#828488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adaa',
    500: '#268b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b88;
$custom-light: #71adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.218,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58048,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B88

secondary

#B75659

accent

#474CE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B88

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

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