#268C9D#268C9D

#268C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C9D
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -22.43, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 28.31, 217.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0789 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.092 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2606, 21.6006, 35.2041)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C9D #9D3726

analogous

#269D72 #268C9D #26519D

triadic

#268C9D #9D268C #8C9D26

tetradic

#268C9D #72269D #9D3726 #519D26

square

#268C9D #72269D #9D3726 #519D26

split-complementary

#268C9D #9D2651 #9D7226

monochromatic

#0E343A #1A606C #268C9D #33B7CE #64C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#268C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#268C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C9D

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C9D	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeba',
    500: '#268c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c9d;
$custom-light: #74aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59121,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C9D

secondary

#BF6D60

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C9D

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

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