#268F8B#268F8B

#268F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.092 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268F8B
RGB	rgb(38, 143, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -29.60, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 30.28, 192.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.09 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.092 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2798, 21.9193, 27.8466)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268F8B #8F262A

analogous

#268F56 #268F8B #265E8F

triadic

#268F8B #8B268F #8F8B26

tetradic

#268F8B #56268F #8F262A #5E8F26

square

#268F8B #56268F #8F262A #5E8F26

split-complementary

#268F8B #8F265E #8F5626

monochromatic

#0C2E2D #195F5C #268F8B #33BFBA #5CD4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#268F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#268F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268F8B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268F8B	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)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 143, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.092 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0ac',
    500: '#268f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268f8b;
$custom-light: #72b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.714,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59195,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268F8B

secondary

#B9585C

accent

#474CE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268F8B

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

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