#26A3A8#26A3A8

#26A3A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A3A8
RGB	rgb(38, 163, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -30.50, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 32.82, 201.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0972 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.103 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9612, 29.4310, 41.6142)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A3A8 #A82B26

analogous

#26A86C #26A3A8 #2662A8

triadic

#26A3A8 #A826A3 #A3A826

tetradic

#26A3A8 #6C26A8 #A82B26 #62A826

square

#26A3A8 #6C26A8 #A82B26 #62A826

split-complementary

#26A3A8 #A82662 #A86C26

monochromatic

#0F4244 #1B7376 #26A3A8 #39CCD2 #6BD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#26A3A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#26A3A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #26A3A8

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A3A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A3A8	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 163, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bec1',
    500: '#26a3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a3a8;
$custom-light: #78bec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65363,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A3A8

secondary

#C46A66

accent

#4842E6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A3A8

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

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