#26A496#26A496

#26A496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A496
RGB	rgb(38, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -36.29, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 36.36, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.1065 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.107 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5771, 29.1626, 33.4454)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A496 #A42634

analogous

#26A457 #26A496 #2673A4

triadic

#26A496 #9626A4 #A49626

tetradic

#26A496 #5726A4 #A42634 #73A426

square

#26A496 #5726A4 #A42634 #73A426

split-complementary

#26A496 #A42673 #A45726

monochromatic

#0F413B #1A7269 #26A496 #37D1BF #68DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#26A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#26A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #26A496

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A496	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bfb4',
    500: '#26a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a496;
$custom-light: #76bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6499,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A496

secondary

#C2646E

accent

#4254E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A496

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

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