#268E7A#268E7A

#268E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E7A
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 122)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -34.00, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 34.08, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% -0.0971 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.097 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9834, 21.1616, 21.7562)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E7A #8E263A

analogous

#268E46 #268E7A #266E8E

triadic

#268E7A #7A268E #8E7A26

tetradic

#268E7A #46268E #8E263A #6E8E26

square

#268E7A #46268E #8E263A #6E8E26

split-complementary

#268E7A #8E266E #8E4626

monochromatic

#0C2D27 #195E51 #268E7A #33BEA3 #5BD3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#268E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#268E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E7A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E7A	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a0',
    500: '#268e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e7a;
$custom-light: #71b0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58367,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E7A

secondary

#B8586A

accent

#4764E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E7A

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

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