#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
RGBrgb(38, 142, 128)
HSLhsl(172, 58%, 35%)
HSVhsv(172, 73%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.29, -32.33, -0.96)
CIE-LCHlch(53.29, 32.34, 181.71°)
OKLaboklab(58.56% -0.0942 -0.0031)
OKLCHoklch(58.56% 0.094 181.9)
XYZxyz(14.3667, 21.3149, 23.7749)
Luminance0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##268E801.003.995.265.26
#FFFFFF3.991.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2621.001.001.00
##0000005.2621.001.001.00

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

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#268E80 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva