#268E8F#268E8F

#268E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.091 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E8F
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -27.90, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 29.30, 197.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0871 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.091 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4280, 21.7394, 29.3643)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E8F #8F2726

analogous

#268F5B #268E8F #265A8F

triadic

#268E8F #8F268E #8E8F26

tetradic

#268E8F #5B268F #8F2726 #5A8F26

square

#268E8F #5B268F #8F2726 #5A8F26

split-complementary

#268E8F #8F265A #8F5B26

monochromatic

#0C2E2E #195E5F #268E8F #33BEBF #5CD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#268E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#268E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E8F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E8F	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.091 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#268e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e8f;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59081,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E8F

secondary

#B95958

accent

#4847E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E8F

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

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