#268B9F#268B9F

#268B9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.093 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B9F
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -21.25, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 28.37, 221.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.077 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.093 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2873, 21.3786, 36.0622)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B9F #9F3A26

analogous

#269F76 #268B9F #264E9F

triadic

#268B9F #9F268B #8B9F26

tetradic

#268B9F #76269F #9F3A26 #4E9F26

square

#268B9F #76269F #9F3A26 #4E9F26

split-complementary

#268B9F #9F264E #9F7626

monochromatic

#0E353C #1A606E #268B9F #34B5CE #65C7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#268B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#268B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B9F

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B9F	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.093 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbb',
    500: '#268b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b9f;
$custom-light: #74adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.917,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58953,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B9F

secondary

#C07161

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B9F

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

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