#26A5A8#26A5A8

#26A5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.104 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A5A8
RGB	rgb(38, 165, 168)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -31.47, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 33.39, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0992 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.104 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3191, 30.1469, 41.7335)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A5A8 #A82926

analogous

#26A86A #26A5A8 #2664A8

triadic

#26A5A8 #A826A5 #A5A826

tetradic

#26A5A8 #6A26A8 #A82926 #64A826

square

#26A5A8 #6A26A8 #A82926 #64A826

split-complementary

#26A5A8 #A82664 #A86A26

monochromatic

#0F4344 #1B7476 #26A5A8 #39CFD2 #6BDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#26A5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#26A5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26A5A8

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A5A8	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 165, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.104 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c0c1',
    500: '#26a5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a5a8;
$custom-light: #78c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.385,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65867,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A5A8

secondary

#C46866

accent

#4542E6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A5A8

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

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