#268E9C#268E9C

#268E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.092 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E9C
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -23.80, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 28.56, 213.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0813 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.092 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4705, 22.1564, 34.8546)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E9C #9C3426

analogous

#269C6F #268E9C #26539C

triadic

#268E9C #9C268E #8E9C26

tetradic

#268E9C #6F269C #9C3426 #539C26

square

#268E9C #6F269C #9C3426 #539C26

split-complementary

#268E9C #9C2653 #9C6F26

monochromatic

#0E343A #1A616B #268E9C #32BBCD #63CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#268E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#268E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E9C

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E9C	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)

#81889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.092 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afb9',
    500: '#268e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e9c;
$custom-light: #74afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.119,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59587,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E9C

secondary

#BF6A5F

accent

#5744E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E9C

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

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