#268D7E#268D7E

#268D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.094 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D7E
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -32.43, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 32.43, 180.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0941 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.094 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0883, 20.9665, 23.0391)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D7E #8D2635

analogous

#268D4A #268D7E #26698D

triadic

#268D7E #7E268D #8D7E26

tetradic

#268D7E #4A268D #8D2635 #698D26

square

#268D7E #4A268D #8D2635 #698D26

split-complementary

#268D7E #8D2669 #8D4A26

monochromatic

#0C2D28 #195D53 #268D7E #33BDA9 #5BD3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#268D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#268D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D7E

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D7E	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.094 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa3',
    500: '#268d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d7e;
$custom-light: #71afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.262,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5823,
    "c": 0.09414,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D7E

secondary

#B85765

accent

#475DE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D7E

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

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