#268E8D#268E8D

#268E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E8D
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -28.51, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 29.58, 195.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0881 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.091 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.2778, 21.6793, 28.5735)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E8D #8E2627

analogous

#268E59 #268E8D #265B8E

triadic

#268E8D #8D268E #8E8D26

tetradic

#268E8D #59268E #8E2627 #5B8E26

square

#268E8D #59268E #8E2627 #5B8E26

split-complementary

#268E8D #8E265B #8E5926

monochromatic

#0C2D2D #195E5D #268E8D #33BEBD #5BD3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#268E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#268E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E8D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E8D	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afae',
    500: '#268e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e8d;
$custom-light: #72afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.423,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59008,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E8D

secondary

#B85859

accent

#4748E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E8D

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

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