#268E85#268E85

#268E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E85
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -30.89, -3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 31.10, 186.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0918 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.092 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7040, 21.4498, 25.5510)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E85 #8E262F

analogous

#268E51 #268E85 #26638E

triadic

#268E85 #85268E #8E8526

tetradic

#268E85 #51268E #8E262F #638E26

square

#268E85 #51268E #8E262F #638E26

split-complementary

#268E85 #8E2663 #8E5126

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #195E58 #268E85 #33BEB2 #5BD3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#268E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#268E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E85

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E85	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa8',
    500: '#268e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e85;
$custom-light: #71afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.808,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58725,
    "c": 0.0924,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E85

secondary

#B85860

accent

#4754E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E85

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

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