#268E86#268E86

#268E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E86
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -30.60, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 30.88, 187.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0913 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.092 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7734, 21.4776, 25.9166)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E86 #8E262E

analogous

#268E52 #268E86 #26628E

triadic

#268E86 #86268E #8E8626

tetradic

#268E86 #52268E #8E262E #628E26

square

#268E86 #52268E #8E262E #628E26

split-complementary

#268E86 #8E2662 #8E5226

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #195E58 #268E86 #33BEB4 #5BD3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#268E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#268E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E86

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E86	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa9',
    500: '#268e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e86;
$custom-light: #71afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E86

secondary

#B8585F

accent

#4753E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E86

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

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