#268B9C#268B9C

#268B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B9C
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -22.24, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 28.13, 217.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0783 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.092 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0301, 21.2757, 34.7078)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B9C #9C3726

analogous

#269C72 #268B9C #26509C

triadic

#268B9C #9C268B #8B9C26

tetradic

#268B9C #72269C #9C3726 #509C26

square

#268B9C #72269C #9C3726 #509C26

split-complementary

#268B9C #9C2650 #9C7226

monochromatic

#0E333A #1A5F6B #268B9C #32B7CD #63C8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#268B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#268B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B9C

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B9C	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adb9',
    500: '#268b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b9c;
$custom-light: #74adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.644,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58826,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B9C

secondary

#BF6D5F

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B9C

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

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