#268B8F#268B8F

#268B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.089 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B8F
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -26.40, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 28.37, 201.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.084 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.089 199)
XYZ	xyz(14.9876, 20.8587, 29.2175)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B8F #8F2A26

analogous

#268F5E #268B8F #26568F

triadic

#268B8F #8F268B #8B8F26

tetradic

#268B8F #5E268F #8F2A26 #568F26

square

#268B8F #5E268F #8F2A26 #568F26

split-complementary

#268B8F #8F2656 #8F5E26

monochromatic

#0C2D2E #195C5F #268B8F #33BABF #5CCFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#268B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#268B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B8F

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B8F	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	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)

#81848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.089 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adaf',
    500: '#268b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b8f;
$custom-light: #72adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.286,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58307,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.2086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B8F

secondary

#B95C58

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B8F

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

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