#268B89#268B89

#268B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.089 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B89
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -28.24, -7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 29.15, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0868 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.089 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.5452, 20.6817, 26.8875)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B89 #8B2628

analogous

#268B57 #268B89 #265B8B

triadic

#268B89 #89268B #8B8926

tetradic

#268B89 #57268B #8B2628 #5B8B26

square

#268B89 #57268B #8B2628 #5B8B26

split-complementary

#268B89 #8B265B #8B5726

monochromatic

#0C2B2A #195B5A #268B89 #33BBB8 #5AD2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#268B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#268B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B89

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B89	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.089 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adab',
    500: '#268b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b89;
$custom-light: #71adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.812,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58084,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B89

secondary

#B75658

accent

#474BE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B89

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

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