#268E78#268E78

#268E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.098 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E78
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -34.55, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 34.71, 174.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0981 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.098 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8608, 21.1125, 21.1103)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E78 #8E263C

analogous

#268E44 #268E78 #26708E

triadic

#268E78 #78268E #8E7826

tetradic

#268E78 #44268E #8E263C #708E26

square

#268E78 #44268E #8E263C #708E26

split-complementary

#268E78 #8E2670 #8E4426

monochromatic

#0C2D26 #195E4F #268E78 #33BEA1 #5BD3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#268E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#268E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E78

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E78	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.098 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b09e',
    500: '#268e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e78;
$custom-light: #70b09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.308,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58306,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E78

secondary

#B8586C

accent

#4767E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E78

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

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