#268D86#268D86

#268D86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D86
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -30.12, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 30.47, 188.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0903 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.091 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6253, 21.1813, 25.8672)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D86 #8D262D

analogous

#268D52 #268D86 #26618D

triadic

#268D86 #86268D #8D8626

tetradic

#268D86 #52268D #8D262D #618D26

square

#268D86 #52268D #8D262D #618D26

split-complementary

#268D86 #8D2661 #8D5226

monochromatic

#0C2D2A #195D58 #268D86 #33BDB4 #5BD3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#268D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#268D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D86

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D86	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa9',
    500: '#268d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d86;
$custom-light: #71afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.922,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58499,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D86

secondary

#B8575E

accent

#4751E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D86

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

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