#26A5BC#26A5BC

#26A5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A5BC
RGB	rgb(38, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -25.16, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 33.01, 220.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0907 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.109 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3276, 30.9503, 52.3117)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A5BC #BC3D26

analogous

#26BC88 #26A5BC #265ABC

triadic

#26A5BC #BC26A5 #A5BC26

tetradic

#26A5BC #8826BC #BC3D26 #5ABC26

square

#26A5BC #8826BC #BC3D26 #5ABC26

split-complementary

#26A5BC #BC265A #BC8826

monochromatic

#114C56 #1C7889 #26A5BC #46C3DA #79D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#26A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#26A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26A5BC

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A5BC	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0d0',
    500: '#26a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a5bc;
$custom-light: #7bc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66648,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A5BC

secondary

#CC8072

accent

#593FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A5BC

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

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