#268D9D#268D9D

#268D9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D9D
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -22.96, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 28.44, 216.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0799 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.093 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4074, 21.8942, 35.2530)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D9D #9D3626

analogous

#269D71 #268D9D #26519D

triadic

#268D9D #9D268D #8D9D26

tetradic

#268D9D #71269D #9D3626 #519D26

square

#268D9D #71269D #9D3626 #519D26

split-complementary

#268D9D #9D2651 #9D7126

monochromatic

#0E343A #1A616C #268D9D #33B9CE #64CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#268D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#268D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D9D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D9D	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeba',
    500: '#268d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d9d;
$custom-light: #74aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59375,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D9D

secondary

#BF6D60

accent

#5944E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D9D

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

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