#268C81#268C81

#268C81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.092 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C81
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 129)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -31.10, -2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 31.19, 184.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0916 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.092 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1380, 20.7516, 24.0250)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C81 #8C2631

analogous

#268C4E #268C81 #26648C

triadic

#268C81 #81268C #8C8126

tetradic

#268C81 #4E268C #8C2631 #648C26

square

#268C81 #4E268C #8C2631 #648C26

split-complementary

#268C81 #8C2664 #8C4E26

monochromatic

#0C2C28 #195C55 #268C81 #33BCAD #5AD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#268C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#268C81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C81

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C81	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)

#858481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.092 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea5',
    500: '#268c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c81;
$custom-light: #71aea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.529,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58066,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C81

secondary

#B75761

accent

#4758E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C81

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

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