#268D9C#268D9C

#268D9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.092 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D9C
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -23.28, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 28.40, 214.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0803 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.092 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3224, 21.8602, 34.8052)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D9C #9C3526

analogous

#269C70 #268D9C #26529C

triadic

#268D9C #9C268D #8D9C26

tetradic

#268D9C #70269C #9C3526 #529C26

square

#268D9C #70269C #9C3526 #529C26

split-complementary

#268D9C #9C2652 #9C7026

monochromatic

#0E343A #1A616B #268D9C #32B9CD #63CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#268D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#268D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D9C

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D9C	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.092 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeb9',
    500: '#268d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d9c;
$custom-light: #74aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59333,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D9C

secondary

#BF6B5F

accent

#5844E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D9C

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

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