#268C8E#268C8E

#268C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.089 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C8E
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -27.21, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 28.78, 199.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0855 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.089 197)
XYZ	xyz(15.0577, 21.1194, 28.8688)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C8E #8E2826

analogous

#268E5C #268C8E #26588E

triadic

#268C8E #8E268C #8C8E26

tetradic

#268C8E #5C268E #8E2826 #588E26

square

#268C8E #5C268E #8E2826 #588E26

split-complementary

#268C8E #8E2658 #8E5C26

monochromatic

#0C2D2D #195C5E #268C8E #33BCBE #5BD1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#268C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#268C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C8E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C8E	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.089 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeaf',
    500: '#268c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c8e;
$custom-light: #72aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58528,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.21121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C8E

secondary

#B85A58

accent

#4A47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C8E

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

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