#268C80#268C80

#268C80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.092 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C80
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -31.38, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 31.44, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0921 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.092 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0718, 20.7251, 23.6766)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C80 #8C2632

analogous

#268C4D #268C80 #26658C

triadic

#268C80 #80268C #8C8026

tetradic

#268C80 #4D268C #8C2632 #658C26

square

#268C80 #4D268C #8C2632 #658C26

split-complementary

#268C80 #8C2665 #8C4D26

monochromatic

#0C2C28 #195C54 #268C80 #33BCAC #5AD2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#268C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#268C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C80

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C80	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.092 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea4',
    500: '#268c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c80;
$custom-light: #71aea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58032,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C80

secondary

#B75762

accent

#4759E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C80

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

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