#268E87#268E87

#268E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E87
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -30.30, -4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 30.67, 188.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0909 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.092 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8435, 21.5056, 26.2857)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E87 #8E262D

analogous

#268E53 #268E87 #26618E

triadic

#268E87 #87268E #8E8726

tetradic

#268E87 #53268E #8E262D #618E26

square

#268E87 #53268E #8E262D #618E26

split-complementary

#268E87 #8E2661 #8E5326

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #195E59 #268E87 #33BEB5 #5BD3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#268E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#268E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E87

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E87	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#868687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa9',
    500: '#268e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e87;
$custom-light: #72afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.962,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58794,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E87

secondary

#B8585E

accent

#4751E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E87

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

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