#268E8A#268E8A

#268E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.091 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E8A
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -29.41, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 30.08, 192.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0895 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.091 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0576, 21.5913, 27.4138)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E8A #8E262A

analogous

#268E56 #268E8A #265E8E

triadic

#268E8A #8A268E #8E8A26

tetradic

#268E8A #56268E #8E262A #5E8E26

square

#268E8A #56268E #8E262A #5E8E26

split-complementary

#268E8A #8E265E #8E5626

monochromatic

#0C2D2C #195E5B #268E8A #33BEB9 #5BD3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#268E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#268E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E8A

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E8A	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.091 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afac',
    500: '#268e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e8a;
$custom-light: #72afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.589,
    "c": 0.09117,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E8A

secondary

#B8585B

accent

#474DE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E8A

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

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