#268E9E#268E9E

#268E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E9E
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -23.15, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 28.62, 216.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0805 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.093 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6412, 22.2247, 35.7539)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E9E #9E3626

analogous

#269E72 #268E9E #26529E

triadic

#268E9E #9E268E #8E9E26

tetradic

#268E9E #72269E #9E3626 #529E26

square

#268E9E #72269E #9E3626 #529E26

split-complementary

#268E9E #9E2652 #9E7226

monochromatic

#0E353B #1A626D #268E9E #33B9CE #65CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#268E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#268E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E9E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E9E	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afba',
    500: '#268e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e9e;
$custom-light: #74afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59669,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E9E

secondary

#C06D60

accent

#5943E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E9E

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

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