#268C7E#268C7E

#268C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C7E
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -31.96, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 31.97, 181.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0931 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.093 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9415, 20.6730, 22.9901)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C7E #8C2634

analogous

#268C4B #268C7E #26678C

triadic

#268C7E #7E268C #8C7E26

tetradic

#268C7E #4B268C #8C2634 #678C26

square

#268C7E #4B268C #8C2634 #678C26

split-complementary

#268C7E #8C2667 #8C4B26

monochromatic

#0C2C27 #195C53 #268C7E #33BCA9 #5AD2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#268C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#268C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C7E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C7E	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea3',
    500: '#268c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c7e;
$custom-light: #71aea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57966,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C7E

secondary

#B75764

accent

#475CE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C7E

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

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