#268D8E#268D8E

#268D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D8E
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -27.71, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 29.10, 197.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0865 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.09 196)
XYZ	xyz(15.2045, 21.4130, 28.9177)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D8E #8E2726

analogous

#268E5B #268D8E #26598E

triadic

#268D8E #8E268D #8D8E26

tetradic

#268D8E #5B268E #8E2726 #598E26

square

#268D8E #5B268E #8E2726 #598E26

split-complementary

#268D8E #8E2659 #8E5B26

monochromatic

#0C2D2D #195D5E #268D8E #33BDBE #5BD2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#268D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#268D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D8E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D8E	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)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#268d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d8e;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.577,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58786,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.21415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D8E

secondary

#B85958

accent

#4847E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D8E

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

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