#268D8F#268D8F

#268D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D8F
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -27.40, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 28.98, 199.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0861 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.09 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2799, 21.4432, 29.3149)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D8F #8F2826

analogous

#268F5C #268D8F #26588F

triadic

#268D8F #8F268D #8D8F26

tetradic

#268D8F #5C268F #8F2826 #588F26

square

#268D8F #5C268F #8F2826 #588F26

split-complementary

#268D8F #8F2658 #8F5C26

monochromatic

#0C2E2E #195D5F #268D8F #33BDBF #5CD1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#268D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#268D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D8F

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D8F	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#268d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d8f;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58823,
    "c": 0.08999,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D8F

secondary

#B95A58

accent

#4A47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D8F

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

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