#268B8B#268B8B

#268B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.089 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B8B
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -27.64, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 28.85, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0858 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.089 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.6900, 20.7396, 27.6500)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B8B #8B2626

analogous

#268B59 #268B8B #26598B

triadic

#268B8B #8B268B #8B8B26

tetradic

#268B8B #59268B #8B2626 #598B26

square

#268B8B #59268B #8B2626 #598B26

split-complementary

#268B8B #8B2659 #8B5926

monochromatic

#0C2B2B #195B5B #268B8B #33BBBB #5AD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#268B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#268B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B8B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B8B	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.089 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adac',
    500: '#268b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b8b;
$custom-light: #72adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58157,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.20741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B8B

secondary

#B75656

accent

#4747E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B8B

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

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