#268C9F#268C9F

#268C9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268C9F
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -21.78, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 28.45, 220.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.078 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.093 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4327, 21.6695, 36.1107)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268C9F #9F3926

analogous

#269F75 #268C9F #26509F

triadic

#268C9F #9F268C #8C9F26

tetradic

#268C9F #75269F #9F3926 #509F26

square

#268C9F #75269F #9F3926 #509F26

split-complementary

#268C9F #9F2650 #9F7526

monochromatic

#0E353C #1A616E #268C9F #34B6CE #65C8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#268C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#268C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268C9F

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268C9F	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E87A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebb',
    500: '#268c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268c9f;
$custom-light: #74aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.421,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59205,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268C9F

secondary

#C07061

accent

#5D43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268C9F

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

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