#268E9B#268E9B

#268E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.092 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E9B
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -24.12, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 28.55, 212.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0818 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.092 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3861, 22.1227, 34.4105)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E9B #9B3326

analogous

#269B6E #268E9B #26539B

triadic

#268E9B #9B268E #8E9B26

tetradic

#268E9B #6E269B #9B3326 #539B26

square

#268E9B #6E269B #9B3326 #539B26

split-complementary

#268E9B #9B2653 #9B6E26

monochromatic

#0E3439 #1A616A #268E9B #32BBCC #63CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#268E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#268E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E9B

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E9B	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.092 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afb8',
    500: '#268e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e9b;
$custom-light: #74afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59546,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E9B

secondary

#BE695F

accent

#5644E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E9B

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

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