#268D8A#268D8A

#268D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.090 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D8A
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -28.92, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 29.71, 193.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0884 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.09 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9095, 21.2950, 27.3644)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D8A #8D2629

analogous

#268D56 #268D8A #265D8D

triadic

#268D8A #8A268D #8D8A26

tetradic

#268D8A #56268D #8D2629 #5D8D26

square

#268D8A #56268D #8D2629 #5D8D26

split-complementary

#268D8A #8D265D #8D5626

monochromatic

#0C2D2C #195D5B #268D8A #33BDB9 #5BD3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#268D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D8A

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D8A	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.090 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afac',
    500: '#268d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d8a;
$custom-light: #72afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D8A

secondary

#B8575A

accent

#474BE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D8A

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

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