#268D9F#268D9F

#268D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.093 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268D9F
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -22.30, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 28.55, 218.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.079 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.093 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5795, 21.9630, 36.1596)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268D9F #9F3826

analogous

#269F74 #268D9F #26509F

triadic

#268D9F #9F268D #8D9F26

tetradic

#268D9F #74269F #9F3826 #509F26

square

#268D9F #74269F #9F3826 #509F26

split-complementary

#268D9F #9F2650 #9F7426

monochromatic

#0E353C #1A616E #268D9F #34B7CE #65C9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#268D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#268D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268D9F

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268D9F	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.093 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebb',
    500: '#268d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268d9f;
$custom-light: #74aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.926,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59458,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268D9F

secondary

#C06F61

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268D9F

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

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