#268D89#268D89

#268D89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.091 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D89
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -29.22, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 29.89, 192.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0889 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.091 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8375, 21.2662, 26.9849)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D89 #8D262A

analogous

#268D56 #268D89 #265D8D

triadic

#268D89 #89268D #8D8926

tetradic

#268D89 #56268D #8D262A #5D8D26

square

#268D89 #56268D #8D262A #5D8D26

split-complementary

#268D89 #8D265D #8D5626

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #195D5A #268D89 #33BDB8 #5BD3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#268D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#268D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D89

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D89	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)

#848589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.091 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afab',
    500: '#268d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d89;
$custom-light: #72afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.67,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58604,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D89

secondary

#B8575B

accent

#474DE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D89

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

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