#268C9A#268C9A

#268C9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C9A
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -23.41, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 28.19, 213.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0802 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.091 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0076, 21.4994, 33.8717)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C9A #9A3426

analogous

#269A6E #268C9A #26529A

triadic

#268C9A #9A268C #8C9A26

tetradic

#268C9A #6E269A #9A3426 #529A26

square

#268C9A #6E269A #9A3426 #529A26

split-complementary

#268C9A #9A2652 #9A6E26

monochromatic

#0E3338 #1A5F69 #268C9A #32B9CB #62CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#268C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#268C9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C9A

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C9A	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb7',
    500: '#268c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c9a;
$custom-light: #73aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.241,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58997,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C9A

secondary

#BE6A5E

accent

#5744E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C9A

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

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