#268B8E#268B8E

#268B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.089 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B8E
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -26.71, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 28.47, 200.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0845 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.089 198)
XYZ	xyz(14.9122, 20.8285, 28.8203)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B8E #8E2926

analogous

#268E5D #268B8E #26578E

triadic

#268B8E #8E268B #8B8E26

tetradic

#268B8E #5D268E #8E2926 #578E26

square

#268B8E #5D268E #8E2926 #578E26

split-complementary

#268B8E #8E2657 #8E5D26

monochromatic

#0C2C2D #195C5E #268B8E #33BABE #5BD0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#268B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#268B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B8E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B8E	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.089 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adaf',
    500: '#268b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b8e;
$custom-light: #72adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.731,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58269,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.2083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B8E

secondary

#B85B58

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B8E

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

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