#268C8B#268C8B

#268C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.090 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C8B
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -28.13, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 29.19, 195.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0869 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.09 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.8355, 21.0306, 27.6985)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C8B #8C2627

analogous

#268C58 #268C8B #265A8C

triadic

#268C8B #8B268C #8C8B26

tetradic

#268C8B #58268C #8C2627 #5A8C26

square

#268C8B #58268C #8C2627 #5A8C26

split-complementary

#268C8B #8C265A #8C5826

monochromatic

#0C2C2B #195C5B #268C8B #33BCBB #5AD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#268C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#268C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C8B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C8B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.090 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeac',
    500: '#268c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c8b;
$custom-light: #72aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.412,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58417,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C8B

secondary

#B75758

accent

#4749E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C8B

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

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