#26A596#26A596

#26A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.108 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A596
RGB	rgb(38, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -36.74, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 36.79, 182.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.1075 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.108 183)
XYZ	xyz(19.7568, 29.5219, 33.5053)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A596 #A52635

analogous

#26A556 #26A596 #2675A5

triadic

#26A596 #9626A5 #A59626

tetradic

#26A596 #5626A5 #A52635 #75A526

square

#26A596 #5626A5 #A52635 #75A526

split-complementary

#26A596 #A52675 #A55626

monochromatic

#0F423C #1B7369 #26A596 #37D1BF #69DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#26A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#26A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #26A596

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A596	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.108 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c0b4',
    500: '#26a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a596;
$custom-light: #76c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.913,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65247,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.29524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A596

secondary

#C3646F

accent

#4255E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A596

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

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