#268B9D#268B9D

#268B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B9D
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -21.91, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 28.20, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0778 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.092 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1151, 21.3097, 35.1556)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B9D #9D3826

analogous

#269D73 #268B9D #264F9D

triadic

#268B9D #9D268B #8B9D26

tetradic

#268B9D #73269D #9D3826 #4F9D26

square

#268B9D #73269D #9D3826 #4F9D26

split-complementary

#268B9D #9D264F #9D7326

monochromatic

#0E343A #1A5F6C #268B9D #33B6CE #64C8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#268B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B9D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B9D	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adba',
    500: '#268b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b9d;
$custom-light: #74adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.076,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58868,
    "c": 0.09223,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B9D

secondary

#BF6E60

accent

#5C44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B9D

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

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