#268B96#268B96

#268B96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.090 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B96
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -24.19, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 27.99, 210.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0809 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.09 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5346, 21.0775, 32.0979)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B96 #963126

analogous

#269669 #268B96 #265396

triadic

#268B96 #96268B #8B9626

tetradic

#268B96 #692696 #963126 #539626

square

#268B96 #692696 #963126 #539626

split-complementary

#268B96 #962653 #966926

monochromatic

#0D3134 #1A5E65 #268B96 #32B8C7 #60CBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#268B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#268B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B96

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B96	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.090 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb4',
    500: '#268b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b96;
$custom-light: #73adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.893,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58581,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B96

secondary

#BC655C

accent

#5545E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B96

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

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