#268E96#268E96

#268E96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E96
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, -25.72, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 28.66, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.084 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9749, 21.9582, 32.2447)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E96 #962E26

analogous

#269666 #268E96 #265696

triadic

#268E96 #96268E #8E9626

tetradic

#268E96 #662696 #962E26 #569626

square

#268E96 #662696 #962E26 #569626

split-complementary

#268E96 #962656 #966626

monochromatic

#0D3234 #1A6065 #268E96 #32BCC7 #60CED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#268E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#268E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E96

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E96	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb4',
    500: '#268e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e96;
$custom-light: #73afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59348,
    "c": 0.09103,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E96

secondary

#BC635C

accent

#5045E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E96

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

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