#268D9A#268D9A

#268D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.092 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D9A
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -23.93, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 28.36, 212.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0812 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.092 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1544, 21.7930, 33.9207)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D9A #9A3326

analogous

#269A6D #268D9A #26539A

triadic

#268D9A #9A268D #8D9A26

tetradic

#268D9A #6D269A #9A3326 #539A26

square

#268D9A #6D269A #9A3326 #539A26

split-complementary

#268D9A #9A2653 #9A6D26

monochromatic

#0E3338 #1A6069 #268D9A #32BACB #62CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#268D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#268D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D9A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D9A	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.092 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb7',
    500: '#268d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d9a;
$custom-light: #73aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.724,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D9A

secondary

#BE695E

accent

#5644E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D9A

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

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