#268D81#268D81

#268D81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.093 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D81
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -31.57, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 31.63, 183.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0927 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.093 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2848, 21.0451, 24.0739)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D81 #8D2632

analogous

#268D4E #268D81 #26658D

triadic

#268D81 #81268D #8D8126

tetradic

#268D81 #4E268D #8D2632 #658D26

square

#268D81 #4E268D #8D2632 #658D26

split-complementary

#268D81 #8D2665 #8D4E26

monochromatic

#0C2D29 #195D55 #268D81 #33BDAD #5BD3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#268D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#268D81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D81

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D81	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.093 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa5',
    500: '#268d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d81;
$custom-light: #71afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.01,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58328,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D81

secondary

#B85762

accent

#4759E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D81

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

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