#26A4A8#26A4A8

#26A4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.103 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A4A8
RGB	rgb(38, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -30.99, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 33.10, 200.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0982 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.103 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1394, 29.7875, 41.6736)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A4A8 #A82A26

analogous

#26A86B #26A4A8 #2663A8

triadic

#26A4A8 #A826A4 #A4A826

tetradic

#26A4A8 #6B26A8 #A82A26 #63A826

square

#26A4A8 #6B26A8 #A82A26 #63A826

split-complementary

#26A4A8 #A82663 #A86B26

monochromatic

#0F4344 #1B7376 #26A4A8 #39CDD2 #6BDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#26A4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#26A4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #26A4A8

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A4A8	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.103 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bfc1',
    500: '#26a4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a4a8;
$custom-light: #78bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65615,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A4A8

secondary

#C46966

accent

#4742E6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A4A8

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

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