#268D8D#268D8D

#268D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D8D
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -28.01, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 29.24, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.087 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.09 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.1297, 21.3831, 28.5241)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D8D #8D2626

analogous

#268D59 #268D8D #26598D

triadic

#268D8D #8D268D #8D8D26

tetradic

#268D8D #59268D #8D2626 #598D26

square

#268D8D #59268D #8D2626 #598D26

split-complementary

#268D8D #8D2659 #8D5926

monochromatic

#0C2D2D #195D5D #268D8D #33BDBD #5BD3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#268D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#268D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D8D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D8D	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afae',
    500: '#268d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d8d;
$custom-light: #72afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58749,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D8D

secondary

#B85757

accent

#4747E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D8D

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

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