#268C8C#268C8C

#268C8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.089 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C8C
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 140)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -27.83, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 29.04, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0864 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.089 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.9089, 21.0599, 28.0851)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C8C #8C2626

analogous

#268C59 #268C8C #26598C

triadic

#268C8C #8C268C #8C8C26

tetradic

#268C8C #59268C #8C2626 #598C26

square

#268C8C #59268C #8C2626 #598C26

split-complementary

#268C8C #8C2659 #8C5926

monochromatic

#0C2C2C #195C5C #268C8C #33BCBC #5AD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#268C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#268C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C8C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C8C	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)

#83858C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.089 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aead',
    500: '#268c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c8c;
$custom-light: #72aead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58453,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C8C

secondary

#B75757

accent

#4747E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C8C

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

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