#268C88#268C88

#268C88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.090 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C88
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -29.04, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 29.69, 192.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0883 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.09 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6193, 20.9441, 26.5599)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C88 #8C262A

analogous

#268C55 #268C88 #265D8C

triadic

#268C88 #88268C #8C8826

tetradic

#268C88 #55268C #8C262A #5D8C26

square

#268C88 #55268C #8C262A #5D8C26

split-complementary

#268C88 #8C265D #8C5526

monochromatic

#0C2C2A #195C59 #268C88 #33BCB7 #5AD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#268C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#268C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C88

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C88	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.090 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeaa',
    500: '#268c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c88;
$custom-light: #71aeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58308,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C88

secondary

#B7575B

accent

#474DE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C88

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

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