#268B9A#268B9A

#268B9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B9A
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -22.89, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 28.03, 215.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0791 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.091 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8622, 21.2085, 33.8232)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B9A #9A3526

analogous

#269A6F #268B9A #26519A

triadic

#268B9A #9A268B #8B9A26

tetradic

#268B9A #6F269A #9A3526 #519A26

square

#268B9A #6F269A #9A3526 #519A26

split-complementary

#268B9A #9A2651 #9A6F26

monochromatic

#0E3238 #1A5F69 #268B9A #32B7CB #62C9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#268B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#268B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B9A

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B9A	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb7',
    500: '#268b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b9a;
$custom-light: #73adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.759,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58743,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B9A

secondary

#BE6A5E

accent

#5944E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B9A

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

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