#268E80#268E80

#268E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E80
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -32.33, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 32.34, 181.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0942 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.094 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3667, 21.3149, 23.7749)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E80 #8E2634

analogous

#268E4C #268E80 #26688E

triadic

#268E80 #80268E #8E8026

tetradic

#268E80 #4C268E #8E2634 #688E26

square

#268E80 #4C268E #8E2634 #688E26

split-complementary

#268E80 #8E2668 #8E4C26

monochromatic

#0C2D29 #195E54 #268E80 #33BEAC #5BD3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#268E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E80

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E80	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa4',
    500: '#268e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e80;
$custom-light: #71afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.923,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58558,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E80

secondary

#B85865

accent

#475CE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E80

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

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