#268E99#268E99

#268E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.092 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E99
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -24.76, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 28.56, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0826 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.092 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2196, 22.0560, 33.5332)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E99 #993126

analogous

#26996A #268E99 #265599

triadic

#268E99 #99268E #8E9926

tetradic

#268E99 #6A2699 #993126 #559926

square

#268E99 #6A2699 #993126 #559926

split-complementary

#268E99 #992655 #996A26

monochromatic

#0E3337 #1A6168 #268E99 #32BBCA #62CDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#268E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#268E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E99

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E99	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.092 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb7',
    500: '#268e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e99;
$custom-light: #73afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59466,
    "c": 0.09162,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E99

secondary

#BD675E

accent

#5444E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E99

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

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