#268D99#268D99

#268D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.091 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D99
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -24.25, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 28.36, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0816 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.091 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0715, 21.7598, 33.4839)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D99 #993226

analogous

#26996C #268D99 #265399

triadic

#268D99 #99268D #8D9926

tetradic

#268D99 #6C2699 #993226 #539926

square

#268D99 #6C2699 #993226 #539926

split-complementary

#268D99 #992653 #996C26

monochromatic

#0E3337 #1A6068 #268D99 #32BACA #62CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#268D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#268D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D99

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D99	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.091 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb7',
    500: '#268d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d99;
$custom-light: #73aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59211,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D99

secondary

#BD685E

accent

#5544E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D99

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →