#268D9E#268D9E

#268D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D9E
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -22.63, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 28.49, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0795 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.093 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4931, 21.9285, 35.7045)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D9E #9E3726

analogous

#269E73 #268D9E #26519E

triadic

#268D9E #9E268D #8D9E26

tetradic

#268D9E #73269E #9E3726 #519E26

square

#268D9E #73269E #9E3726 #519E26

split-complementary

#268D9E #9E2651 #9E7326

monochromatic

#0E353B #1A616D #268D9E #33B8CE #65C9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#268D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#268D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D9E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D9E	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeba',
    500: '#268d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d9e;
$custom-light: #74aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59416,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D9E

secondary

#C06E60

accent

#5A43E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D9E

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

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