#268C9C#268C9C

#268C9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C9C
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -22.76, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 28.26, 216.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0793 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.092 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1756, 21.5666, 34.7563)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C9C #9C3626

analogous

#269C71 #268C9C #26519C

triadic

#268C9C #9C268C #8C9C26

tetradic

#268C9C #71269C #9C3626 #519C26

square

#268C9C #71269C #9C3626 #519C26

split-complementary

#268C9C #9C2651 #9C7126

monochromatic

#0E343A #1A606B #268C9C #32B8CD #63C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#268C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#268C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C9C

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C9C	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeb9',
    500: '#268c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c9c;
$custom-light: #74aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5908,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C9C

secondary

#BF6C5F

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C9C

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

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