#268E79#268E79

#268E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.098 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E79
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -34.27, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 34.39, 175.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0976 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.098 176)
XYZ	xyz(13.9218, 21.1369, 21.4316)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E79 #8E263B

analogous

#268E45 #268E79 #266F8E

triadic

#268E79 #79268E #8E7926

tetradic

#268E79 #45268E #8E263B #6F8E26

square

#268E79 #45268E #8E263B #6F8E26

split-complementary

#268E79 #8E266F #8E4526

monochromatic

#0C2D27 #195E50 #268E79 #33BEA2 #5BD3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#268E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#268E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E79

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E79	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.098 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09f',
    500: '#268e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e79;
$custom-light: #71b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.885,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58336,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E79

secondary

#B8586B

accent

#4766E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E79

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

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