#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
RGBrgb(38, 141, 139)
HSLhsl(179, 58%, 35%)
HSVhsv(179, 73%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(73%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(53.30, -28.62, -7.31)
CIE-LCHlch(53.30, 29.54, 194.33°)
OKLaboklab(58.68% -0.0879 -0.0204)
OKLCHoklch(58.68% 0.09 193)
XYZxyz(14.9823, 21.3241, 27.7474)
Luminance0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##268D8B1.003.995.275.27
#FFFFFF3.991.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2721.001.001.00
##0000005.2721.001.001.00

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

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#268D8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva