#268E82#268E82

#268E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E82
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -31.76, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 31.82, 183.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0933 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.093 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4997, 21.3681, 24.4750)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E82 #8E2632

analogous

#268E4E #268E82 #26668E

triadic

#268E82 #82268E #8E8226

tetradic

#268E82 #4E268E #8E2632 #668E26

square

#268E82 #4E268E #8E2632 #668E26

split-complementary

#268E82 #8E2666 #8E4E26

monochromatic

#0C2D2A #195E56 #268E82 #33BEAE #5BD3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#268E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#268E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E82

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E82	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#878682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa6',
    500: '#268e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e82;
$custom-light: #71afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58624,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E82

secondary

#B85863

accent

#4759E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E82

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

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