#268C86#268C86

#268C86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C86
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -29.63, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 30.07, 189.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0892 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.09 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4785, 20.8878, 25.8183)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C86 #8C262C

analogous

#268C53 #268C86 #265F8C

triadic

#268C86 #86268C #8C8626

tetradic

#268C86 #53268C #8C262C #5F8C26

square

#268C86 #53268C #8C262C #5F8C26

split-complementary

#268C86 #8C265F #8C5326

monochromatic

#0C2C2A #195C58 #268C86 #33BCB4 #5AD2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#268C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#268C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C86

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C86	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea9',
    500: '#268c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c86;
$custom-light: #71aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58238,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C86

secondary

#B7575C

accent

#4750E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C86

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

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