#268D8B#268D8B

#268D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D8B
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -28.62, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 29.54, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0879 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.09 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.9823, 21.3241, 27.7474)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D8B #8D2628

analogous

#268D57 #268D8B #265B8D

triadic

#268D8B #8B268D #8D8B26

tetradic

#268D8B #57268D #8D2628 #5B8D26

square

#268D8B #57268D #8D2628 #5B8D26

split-complementary

#268D8B #8D265B #8D5726

monochromatic

#0C2D2C #195D5B #268D8B #33BDBB #5BD3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#268D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D8B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D8B	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afac',
    500: '#268d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d8b;
$custom-light: #72afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.835,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58676,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D8B

secondary

#B85759

accent

#474AE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D8B

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

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