#268C79#268C79

#268C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C79
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, -33.35, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 33.40, 176.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0955 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.096 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6269, 20.5471, 21.3333)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C79 #8C2639

analogous

#268C46 #268C79 #266C8C

triadic

#268C79 #79268C #8C7926

tetradic

#268C79 #46268C #8C2639 #6C8C26

square

#268C79 #46268C #8C2639 #6C8C26

split-complementary

#268C79 #8C266C #8C4626

monochromatic

#0C2C26 #195C4F #268C79 #33BCA3 #5AD2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#268C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#268C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C79

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C79	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae9f',
    500: '#268c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c79;
$custom-light: #70ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.824,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57806,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C79

secondary

#B75769

accent

#4764E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C79

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

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