#268E72#268E72

#268E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.102 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E72
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, -36.13, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 36.73, 169.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.1011 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.102 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5080, 20.9714, 19.2523)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E72 #8E2642

analogous

#268E3E #268E72 #26768E

triadic

#268E72 #72268E #8E7226

tetradic

#268E72 #3E268E #8E2642 #768E26

square

#268E72 #3E268E #8E2642 #768E26

split-complementary

#268E72 #8E2676 #8E3E26

monochromatic

#0C2D24 #195E4B #268E72 #33BE99 #5BD3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#268E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#268E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E72

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E72	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.102 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b09a',
    500: '#268e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e72;
$custom-light: #70b09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58128,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E72

secondary

#B85872

accent

#4770E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E72

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

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