#268B8A#268B8A

#268B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.089 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B8A
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, -27.94, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 28.99, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% -0.0863 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.089 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.6173, 20.7106, 27.2670)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B8A #8B2627

analogous

#268B58 #268B8A #265A8B

triadic

#268B8A #8A268B #8B8A26

tetradic

#268B8A #58268B #8B2627 #5A8B26

square

#268B8A #58268B #8B2627 #5A8B26

split-complementary

#268B8A #8B265A #8B5826

monochromatic

#0C2B2B #195B5A #268B8A #33BBBA #5AD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#268B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#268B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B8A

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B8A	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.089 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adac',
    500: '#268b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b8a;
$custom-light: #71adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.406,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5812,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B8A

secondary

#B75657

accent

#4749E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B8A

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

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