#268C87#268C87

#268C87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.090 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C87
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -29.34, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 29.88, 190.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0888 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.09 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5486, 20.9158, 26.1874)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C87 #8C262B

analogous

#268C54 #268C87 #265E8C

triadic

#268C87 #87268C #8C8726

tetradic

#268C87 #54268C #8C262B #5E8C26

square

#268C87 #54268C #8C262B #5E8C26

split-complementary

#268C87 #8C265E #8C5426

monochromatic

#0C2C2A #195C59 #268C87 #33BCB5 #5AD2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#268C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#268C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C87

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C87	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#848487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.090 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea9',
    500: '#268c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c87;
$custom-light: #71aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.059,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58273,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C87

secondary

#B7575B

accent

#474FE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C87

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

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