#268E89#268E89

#268E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.091 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E89
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -29.71, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 30.27, 191.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0899 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.091 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9856, 21.5624, 27.0342)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E89 #8E262B

analogous

#268E55 #268E89 #265F8E

triadic

#268E89 #89268E #8E8926

tetradic

#268E89 #55268E #8E262B #5F8E26

square

#268E89 #55268E #8E262B #5F8E26

split-complementary

#268E89 #8E265F #8E5526

monochromatic

#0C2D2C #195E5A #268E89 #33BEB8 #5BD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#268E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#268E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E89

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E89	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#858689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.091 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afab',
    500: '#268e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e89;
$custom-light: #72afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58864,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E89

secondary

#B8585C

accent

#474EE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E89

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

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