#268E88#268E88

#268E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E88
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -30.01, -5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 30.46, 189.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0904 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.092 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9142, 21.5339, 26.6582)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E88 #8E262C

analogous

#268E54 #268E88 #26608E

triadic

#268E88 #88268E #8E8826

tetradic

#268E88 #54268E #8E262C #608E26

square

#268E88 #54268E #8E262C #608E26

split-complementary

#268E88 #8E2660 #8E5426

monochromatic

#0C2D2C #195E5A #268E88 #33BEB6 #5BD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#268E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#268E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E88

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E88	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaa',
    500: '#268e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e88;
$custom-light: #72afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58829,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E88

secondary

#B8585D

accent

#4750E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E88

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

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