#268D88#268D88

#268D88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.091 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D88
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -29.52, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 30.07, 190.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0893 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.091 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7661, 21.2376, 26.6088)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D88 #8D262B

analogous

#268D54 #268D88 #265F8D

triadic

#268D88 #88268D #8D8826

tetradic

#268D88 #54268D #8D262B #5F8D26

square

#268D88 #54268D #8D262B #5F8D26

split-complementary

#268D88 #8D265F #8D5426

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #195D5A #268D88 #33BDB6 #5BD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#268D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#268D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D88

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D88	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.091 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaa',
    500: '#268d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d88;
$custom-light: #72afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58569,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D88

secondary

#B8575C

accent

#474EE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D88

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

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