#268F8A#268F8A

#268F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.092 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268F8A
RGB	rgb(38, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -29.90, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 30.46, 191.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0905 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.092 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2071, 21.8902, 27.4636)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268F8A #8F262B

analogous

#268F55 #268F8A #265F8F

triadic

#268F8A #8A268F #8F8A26

tetradic

#268F8A #55268F #8F262B #5F8F26

square

#268F8A #55268F #8F262B #5F8F26

split-complementary

#268F8A #8F265F #8F5526

monochromatic

#0C2E2D #195F5B #268F8A #33BFB9 #5CD4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#268F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#268F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268F8A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268F8A	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.092 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0ac',
    500: '#268f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268f8a;
$custom-light: #72b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5916,
    "c": 0.09197,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268F8A

secondary

#B9585D

accent

#474EE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268F8A

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

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