#268E9F#268E9F

#268E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.094 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E9F
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -22.82, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 28.67, 217.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% -0.0801 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.094 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7276, 22.2593, 36.2090)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E9F #9F3726

analogous

#269F73 #268E9F #26519F

triadic

#268E9F #9F268E #8E9F26

tetradic

#268E9F #73269F #9F3726 #519F26

square

#268E9F #73269F #9F3726 #519F26

split-complementary

#268E9F #9F2651 #9F7326

monochromatic

#0E363C #1A626E #268E9F #34B9CE #65CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#268E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#268E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E9F

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E9F	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#8089A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.094 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afbb',
    500: '#268e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e9f;
$custom-light: #74afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.43,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59711,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E9F

secondary

#C06E61

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E9F

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

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