#268F8E#268F8E

#268F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268F8E
RGB	rgb(38, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -28.69, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 29.78, 195.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0886 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.091 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.5020, 22.0081, 29.0169)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268F8E #8F2627

analogous

#268F5A #268F8E #265B8F

triadic

#268F8E #8E268F #8F8E26

tetradic

#268F8E #5A268F #8F2627 #5B8F26

square

#268F8E #5A268F #8F2627 #5B8F26

split-complementary

#268F8E #8F265B #8F5A26

monochromatic

#0C2E2E #195F5E #268F8E #33BFBE #5CD4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#268F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#268F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268F8E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268F8E	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)

#86888E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0af',
    500: '#268f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268f8e;
$custom-light: #72b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59303,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268F8E

secondary

#B95859

accent

#4748E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268F8E

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

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