#268C99#268C99

#268C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C99
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -23.74, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 28.17, 212.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0806 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.091 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9247, 21.4662, 33.4349)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C99 #993326

analogous

#26996D #268C99 #265299

triadic

#268C99 #99268C #8C9926

tetradic

#268C99 #6D2699 #993326 #529926

square

#268C99 #6D2699 #993326 #529926

split-complementary

#268C99 #992652 #996D26

monochromatic

#0E3237 #1A5F68 #268C99 #32B9CA #62CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#268C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#268C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C99

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C99	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb7',
    500: '#268c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c99;
$custom-light: #73aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.783,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58957,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C99

secondary

#BD685E

accent

#5644E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C99

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

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