#268C85#268C85

#268C85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.091 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C85
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 5%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -29.93, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 30.28, 188.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0897 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.091 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4091, 20.8600, 25.4527)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C85 #8C262D

analogous

#268C52 #268C85 #26608C

triadic

#268C85 #85268C #8C8526

tetradic

#268C85 #52268C #8C262D #608C26

square

#268C85 #52268C #8C262D #608C26

split-complementary

#268C85 #8C2660 #8C5226

monochromatic

#0C2C2A #195C57 #268C85 #33BCB3 #5AD2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#268C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#268C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C85

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C85	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.091 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea8',
    500: '#268c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c85;
$custom-light: #71aea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.882,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58203,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C85

secondary

#B7575D

accent

#4752E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C85

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

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