#268E7B#268E7B

#268E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E7B
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -33.73, 1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 33.77, 177.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.0967 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.097 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0457, 21.1865, 22.0842)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E7B #8E2639

analogous

#268E47 #268E7B #266D8E

triadic

#268E7B #7B268E #8E7B26

tetradic

#268E7B #47268E #8E2639 #6D8E26

square

#268E7B #47268E #8E2639 #6D8E26

split-complementary

#268E7B #8E266D #8E4726

monochromatic

#0C2D27 #195E51 #268E7B #33BEA5 #5BD3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#268E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#268E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E7B

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E7B	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a1',
    500: '#268e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e7b;
$custom-light: #71b0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58398,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E7B

secondary

#B85869

accent

#4763E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E7B

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

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