#268E81#268E81

#268E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E81
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -32.05, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 32.08, 182.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0937 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.094 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4329, 21.3413, 24.1233)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E81 #8E2633

analogous

#268E4D #268E81 #26678E

triadic

#268E81 #81268E #8E8126

tetradic

#268E81 #4D268E #8E2633 #678E26

square

#268E81 #4D268E #8E2633 #678E26

split-complementary

#268E81 #8E2667 #8E4D26

monochromatic

#0C2D29 #195E55 #268E81 #33BEAD #5BD3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#268E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E81

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E81	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa5',
    500: '#268e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e81;
$custom-light: #71afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58591,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E81

secondary

#B85864

accent

#475AE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E81

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

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