#268E9A#268E9A

#268E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.092 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E9A
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -24.44, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 28.55, 211.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0822 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.092 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3025, 22.0892, 33.9700)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E9A #9A3226

analogous

#269A6C #268E9A #26549A

triadic

#268E9A #9A268E #8E9A26

tetradic

#268E9A #6C269A #9A3226 #549A26

square

#268E9A #6C269A #9A3226 #549A26

split-complementary

#268E9A #9A2654 #9A6C26

monochromatic

#0E3338 #1A6169 #268E9A #32BBCB #62CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#268E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#268E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E9A

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E9A	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.092 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afb7',
    500: '#268e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e9a;
$custom-light: #74afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E9A

secondary

#BE685E

accent

#5544E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E9A

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

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