#268B9B#268B9B

#268B9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B9B
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -22.57, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 28.08, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0787 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.091 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9458, 21.2420, 34.2637)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B9B #9B3626

analogous

#269B70 #268B9B #26509B

triadic

#268B9B #9B268B #8B9B26

tetradic

#268B9B #70269B #9B3626 #509B26

square

#268B9B #70269B #9B3626 #509B26

split-complementary

#268B9B #9B2650 #9B7026

monochromatic

#0E3339 #1A5F6A #268B9B #32B7CC #63C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#268B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#268B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B9B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B9B	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb8',
    500: '#268b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b9b;
$custom-light: #73adb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.205,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58785,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B9B

secondary

#BE6C5F

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B9B

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

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