#268E9D#268E9D

#268E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.093 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E9D
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -23.47, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 28.59, 214.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0809 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.093 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5555, 22.1904, 35.3024)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E9D #9D3526

analogous

#269D70 #268E9D #26529D

triadic

#268E9D #9D268E #8E9D26

tetradic

#268E9D #70269D #9D3526 #529D26

square

#268E9D #70269D #9D3526 #529D26

split-complementary

#268E9D #9D2652 #9D7026

monochromatic

#0E353A #1A616C #268E9D #33BACE #64CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#268E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#268E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E9D

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E9D	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.093 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afba',
    500: '#268e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e9d;
$custom-light: #74afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E9D

secondary

#BF6C60

accent

#5844E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E9D

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

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