#268D7B#268D7B

#268D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.096 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D7B
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -33.26, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 33.29, 177.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0956 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.096 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8976, 20.8903, 22.0348)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D7B #8D2638

analogous

#268D48 #268D7B #266B8D

triadic

#268D7B #7B268D #8D7B26

tetradic

#268D7B #48268D #8D2638 #6B8D26

square

#268D7B #48268D #8D2638 #6B8D26

split-complementary

#268D7B #8D266B #8D4826

monochromatic

#0C2D27 #195D51 #268D7B #33BDA5 #5BD3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#268D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#268D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D7B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D7B	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.096 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa1',
    500: '#268d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d7b;
$custom-light: #70afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58134,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D7B

secondary

#B85768

accent

#4762E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D7B

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

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