#268C97#268C97

#268C97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C97
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -24.38, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 28.18, 210.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0815 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.09 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7609, 21.4007, 32.5723)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C97 #973126

analogous

#26976A #268C97 #265397

triadic

#268C97 #97268C #8C9726

tetradic

#268C97 #6A2697 #973126 #539726

square

#268C97 #6A2697 #973126 #539726

split-complementary

#268C97 #972653 #976A26

monochromatic

#0D3135 #1A5F66 #268C97 #32B9C8 #60CCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#268C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#268C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C97

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C97	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb5',
    500: '#268c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c97;
$custom-light: #73aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.841,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58876,
    "c": 0.09044,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C97

secondary

#BC665C

accent

#5445E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C97

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

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