#268E90#268E90

#268E90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.091 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E90
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 144)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -27.59, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 29.17, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0867 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.091 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5041, 21.7698, 29.7650)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E90 #902826

analogous

#26905D #268E90 #265990

triadic

#268E90 #90268E #8E9026

tetradic

#268E90 #5D2690 #902826 #599026

square

#268E90 #5D2690 #902826 #599026

split-complementary

#268E90 #902659 #905D26

monochromatic

#0C2F2F #195E60 #268E90 #33BEC0 #5CD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#268E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#268E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E90

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E90	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#848790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.091 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb0',
    500: '#268e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e90;
$custom-light: #72afb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 58.242,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59119,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E90

secondary

#B95B59

accent

#4946E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E90

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

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