#268D87#268D87

#268D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D87
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 4.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -29.82, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 30.27, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0898 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.091 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6953, 21.2094, 26.2363)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D87 #8D262C

analogous

#268D54 #268D87 #265F8D

triadic

#268D87 #87268D #8D8726

tetradic

#268D87 #54268D #8D262C #5F8D26

square

#268D87 #54268D #8D262C #5F8D26

split-complementary

#268D87 #8D265F #8D5426

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #195D59 #268D87 #33BDB5 #5BD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#268D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#268D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D87

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D87	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)

#858587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa9',
    500: '#268d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d87;
$custom-light: #71afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.505,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58533,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D87

secondary

#B8575D

accent

#4750E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D87

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

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