#268E8E#268E8E

#268E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E8E
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -28.20, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 29.44, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0876 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.091 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.3526, 21.7092, 28.9671)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E8E #8E2626

analogous

#268E5A #268E8E #265A8E

triadic

#268E8E #8E268E #8E8E26

tetradic

#268E8E #5A268E #8E2626 #5A8E26

square

#268E8E #5A268E #8E2626 #5A8E26

split-complementary

#268E8E #8E265A #8E5A26

monochromatic

#0C2D2D #195E5E #268E8E #33BEBE #5BD3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#268E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#268E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E8E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E8E	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	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)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#268e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e8e;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59044,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E8E

secondary

#B85858

accent

#4747E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E8E

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

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