#268E8B#268E8B

#268E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.091 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E8B
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, -29.11, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 29.90, 193.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.089 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.091 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1304, 21.6204, 27.7968)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E8B #8E2629

analogous

#268E57 #268E8B #265D8E

triadic

#268E8B #8B268E #8E8B26

tetradic

#268E8B #57268E #8E2629 #5D8E26

square

#268E8B #57268E #8E2629 #5D8E26

split-complementary

#268E8B #8E265D #8E5726

monochromatic

#0C2D2C #195E5C #268E8B #33BEBA #5BD3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#268E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#268E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E8B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E8B	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#85878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.091 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afac',
    500: '#268e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e8b;
$custom-light: #72afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58935,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E8B

secondary

#B8585B

accent

#474BE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E8B

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

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