#268F8D#268F8D

#268F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268F8D
RGB	rgb(38, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -29.00, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 29.93, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0891 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.091 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4273, 21.9782, 28.6233)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268F8D #8F2628

analogous

#268F58 #268F8D #265C8F

triadic

#268F8D #8D268F #8F8D26

tetradic

#268F8D #58268F #8F2628 #5C8F26

square

#268F8D #58268F #8F2628 #5C8F26

split-complementary

#268F8D #8F265C #8F5826

monochromatic

#0C2E2E #195F5D #268F8D #33BFBD #5CD4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#268F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#268F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268F8D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268F8D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0ae',
    500: '#268f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268f8d;
$custom-light: #72b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59267,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268F8D

secondary

#B9585A

accent

#474AE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268F8D

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

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