#268C78#268C78

#268C78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C78
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 120)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 14.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -33.63, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 33.71, 175.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.096 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.096 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5659, 20.5227, 21.0120)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C78 #8C263A

analogous

#268C45 #268C78 #266D8C

triadic

#268C78 #78268C #8C7826

tetradic

#268C78 #45268C #8C263A #6D8C26

square

#268C78 #45268C #8C263A #6D8C26

split-complementary

#268C78 #8C266D #8C4526

monochromatic

#0C2C25 #195C4F #268C78 #33BCA1 #5AD2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#268C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#268C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C78

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C78	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae9e',
    500: '#268c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c78;
$custom-light: #70ae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.235,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57775,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C78

secondary

#B7576A

accent

#4765E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C78

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

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